- scarce supply
- scanty supply, condition of having a lack of supplies
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
scarce 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
scarce — [adj] insufficient, infrequent at a premium, deficient, failing, few, few and far between*, in short supply, limited, occasional, rare, scant, scanty, seldom, seldom met with, semioccasional, short, shortened, shy, sparse, sporadic, truncated,… … New thesaurus
scarce — adjective 1) food was scarce scarce financial resources Syn: in short supply, scant, scanty, meager, sparse, short, hard to find, hard to come by, too little, insufficient, deficient, inadequate, lacking, wanting; a … Thesaurus of popular words
scarce — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. rare, uncommon, deficient, scanty, few. See insufficiency, rarity.Ant., plenteous, common. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. limited, infrequent, not plentiful; see rare 2 , uncommon . • make oneself… … English dictionary for students
scarce — adjective 1) food was scarce Syn: in short supply, scant, meagre, sparse, hard to come by 2) wading birds are now scarce Syn: rare, few and far between, thin on the ground • Ant … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
supply — I. /səˈplaɪ / (say suh pluy) verb (supplied, supplying) –verb (t) 1. to furnish (a person, establishment, place, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite. 2. to furnish or provide (something wanting or requisite): to supply electricity to a… …
scarce — Synonyms and related words: almost unheard of, at a premium, barely, cheeseparing, chinchy, chintzy, curtailed, deficient, exiguous, failing, few, hardly, in short supply, inadequate, infrequent, insufficient, lacking, meager, miserly, niggardly … Moby Thesaurus
scarce — skers /skeÉ™s adj. rare, not abundant, in short supply adv. barely, hardly, scarcely … English contemporary dictionary
scarce — adj 1. scant, scanty, exiguous, unplentiful, in short supply, at a premium, not to be had, not to be had for love or money, Inf. scarcer than hen s teeth; meager, skimpy, paltry, too little, not enough, too little, too late; short, low, tight,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
in short supply — Not available in desired quantity, scarce • • • Main Entry: ↑short in short supply see under ↑short • • • Main Entry: ↑supply * * * in short/limited … Useful english dictionary
