Look up: Scarcity

1. Scarcity
   A lack of resources to meet all consumer wants.
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2. scarcity
   [n] - a small and inadequate amount
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3. scarcity
   In economics, insufficient availability of resources to satisfy wants. The use of scarce resources has an opportunity cost. ...
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4. scarcity
   scarceness noun a small and inadequate amount
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5. Scarcity
   • (n.) The quality or condition of being scarce; smallness of quantity in proportion to the wants or demands; deficiency; lack of plenty; short supply; penury; as, a scarcity of grain; a great scarcity of beauties.
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6. scarcity
   (from the article `price system`) Price systems are therefore the result of scarcity. The basic proposition of economics, that scarcities are essentially ubiquitous, is often phrased ...
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7. scarcity
   scarcity 1. A small and inadequate supply or amount; shortage. 2. Rarity of appearance or occurrence; rarity; infrequency; such as, coins, antiques, books, etc.
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8. Scarcity
   `Scarcity` is the fundamental economic problem of having seemingly unlimited human needs and wants, in a world of limited resources. It states that society has insufficient productive resources to fulfill all human wants and needs. Alternatively, scarcity implies that not all of society`s goals can ...
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