goods in short supply

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• supply — for GST purposes, supply is defined as: The quantity of a good available to meet demand. Supply consists of inventories from previous production, current production, and expected future production. Because resources are scarce, supply creates… …   Financial and business terms

• supply — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 sth that is supplied ADJECTIVE ▪ total ▪ It is impossible to measure the total supply of money in circulation. ▪ available ▪ endless, inexhaustible …   Collocations dictionary

• supply — 1 noun 1 AMOUNT AVAILABLE (C) an amount of something that is available to be used (+ of): a regular supply of fresh vegetables | More donors are needed as blood supplies are running low. 2 be in short supply if something is in short supply, there …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• supply — [[t]səpla͟ɪ[/t]] ♦♦ supplies, supplying, supplied 1) VERB If you supply someone with something that they want or need, you give them a quantity of it. [V n] ...an agreement not to produce or supply chemical weapons. [V n with n] ...a pipeline… …   English dictionary

• supply — 1. v. & n. v.tr. ( ies, ied) 1 provide or furnish (a thing needed). 2 (often foll. by with) provide (a person etc. with a thing needed). 3 meet or make up for (a deficiency or need etc.). 4 fill (a vacancy, place, etc.) as a substitute. n. (pl.… …   Useful english dictionary

• short — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sceort; akin to Old High German scurz short, Old Norse skortr lack Date: before 12th century 1. a. having little length b. not tall or high ; low 2. a. not extended in time …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• supply — I. verb (supplied; supplying) Etymology: Middle English supplien to complete, compensate for, from Middle French soupplier, from Latin supplēre to fill up, complete, raise (a military unit, crew) to its full complement, substitute, from sub up +… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• short — adj., adv., n., & v. adj. 1 a measuring little; not long from end to end (a short distance). b not long in duration; brief (a short time ago; had a short life). c seeming less than the stated amount (a few short years of happiness). 2 of small… …   Useful english dictionary

• Supply-side economics — is an arguably heterodox school of macroeconomic thought that argues that economic growth can be most effectively created using incentives for people to produce (supply) goods and services, such as adjusting income tax and capital gains tax rates …   Wikipedia

• Supply chain management — (SCM) is the process of planning, implementing and controlling the operations of the supply chain as efficiently as possible. Supply Chain Management spans all movement and storage of raw materials, work in process inventory, and finished goods… …   Wikipedia

• Supply and demand — For other uses, see Supply and demand (disambiguation). The price P of a product is determined by a balance between production at each price (supply S) and the desires of those with purchasing power at each price (demand D). The diagram shows a… …   Wikipedia