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Dearth

Scarcity which renders dear; want; lack; specifically, lack of food on account of failure of crops; famine.

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Deficiency 76% connected

The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure; imperfection; shortcoming; defect.

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Lack 76% connected

Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense.

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Scarceness 76% connected

Alt. of Scarcity

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Scarcity 76% connected

The quality or condition of being scarce; smallness of quantity in proportion to the wants or demands; deficiency; lack of plenty; short supply; penu…

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Want 76% connected

The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of p…

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Famine 92% connected

General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution.

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Paucity 92% connected

Fewness; smallness of number; scarcity.

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Shortage 92% connected

Amount or extent of deficiency, as determined by some requirement or standard; as, a shortage in money accounts.

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the measure of an economy adopted by the United States in 1991; the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and…

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the measure of an economy adopted by the United States in 1991; the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and…

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the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources

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Economic growth noun · 78% connection

steady growth in the productive capacity of the economy (and so a growth of national income)

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the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management

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the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management

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exchange rate noun · 78% connection

the charge for exchanging currency of one country for currency of another

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Fiscal policy noun · 78% connection

a government policy for dealing with the budget (especially with taxation and borrowing)

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interest rate noun · 78% connection

the percentage of a sum of money charged for its use

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oligopoly noun · 78% connection

(economics) a market in which control over the supply of a commodity is in the hands of a small number of producers and each one can i…

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Opportunity cost noun · 78% connection

cost in terms of forgoing alternatives

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Political economy noun · 78% connection

the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management

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Rate of exchange noun · 78% connection

the charge for exchanging currency of one country for currency of another

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Rate of interest noun · 78% connection

the percentage of a sum of money charged for its use

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unemployment noun · 78% connection

the state of being unemployed or not having a job; "unemployment is a serious social evil"; "the rate of unemployment is an indicator…

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Area noun · 78% connection

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a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"

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Account noun · 78% connection

A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; as, no satisfactory account has been given of the…

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Accountant noun · 78% connection

One who renders account; one accountable.

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Asystole noun · 78% connection

absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent ab…

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Bergmeal noun · 78% connection

An earthy substance, resembling fine flour. It is composed of the shells of infusoria, and in Lapland and Sweden is sometimes eaten, m…

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Cardiac arrest noun · 78% connection

absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent ab…

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Cardiopulmonary arrest noun · 78% connection

absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent ab…

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Causal adjective · 78% connection

involving or constituting a cause; causing; "a causal relationship between scarcity and higher prices"

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Collapse noun · 78% connection

A sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown.

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Cultivation noun · 78% connection

(agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale)

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Dear superl. · 78% connection

Marked by scarcity or dearth, and exorbitance of price; as, a dear year.

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Default noun · 78% connection

A neglect of, or failure to take, some step necessary to secure the benefit of law, as a failure to appear in court at a day assigned,…

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Derth noun · 78% connection

Dearth; scarcity.

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