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scarcity (noun)

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  • scarcity — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ great ▪ growing, increasing ▪ relative ▪ artificial ▪ food, land …   Collocations dictionary

  • scarcity — scarce scarce [skeəs ǁ skers] adjective if something is scarce, there is not enough of it available: • Here, land is a scarce resource and house prices have risen sharply. • Jobs are scarce. scarcity noun [singular, uncountable] : • the present… …   Financial and business terms

  • scarcity — scarce ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of a resource) insufficient for the demand. 2) rarely found. ● make oneself scarce Cf. ↑make oneself scarce DERIVATIVES scarcity noun. ORIGIN O …   English terms dictionary

  • scarcity value — ˈscarcity ˌvalue noun [countable, uncountable] ECONOMICS the high value that something has when there is not much of it available: • Older properties in the centre of town have a scarcity value. * * * scarcity value UK US noun [C or U] ECONOMICS …   Financial and business terms

  • scarcity — noun (singular, uncountable + of) a situation in which there is not enough of something: the present scarcity of labour …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • scarcity — noun the scarcity of affordable housing Syn: shortage, dearth, lack, want, undersupply, insufficiency, paucity, scarceness, scantness, scantiness, meagerness, sparseness, poverty; deficiency, inadequacy; unavailability, absence; rare exiguity …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • scarcity — noun (plural ties) Date: 14th century the quality or state of being scarce; especially want of provisions for the support of life …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • scarcity — noun a) the condition of something being scarce or deficient b) an inadequate amount of something; a shortage Ant: abundance, copiousness …   Wiktionary

  • scarcity economics — noun plural but usually singular in construction : an economic theory that allegedly justifies limitations of output so as to assure profits …   Useful english dictionary

  • scarcity — scar|ci|ty [ skersəti ] noun singular or uncount a situation in which the supply of something is not enough for the people who want or need it: SHORTAGE: a scarcity of fuel ─ opposite ABUNDANCE …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • scarcity — UK [ˈskeə(r)sətɪ] / US [ˈskersətɪ] noun [singular/uncountable] a situation in which the supply of something is not enough for the people who want it or need it a scarcity of fuel …   English dictionary

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