excess, surplus, abundance, plethora, sufficiency, profusion, surfeit, adequate amount, overabundance Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002 shortagenoun The condition or fact of being deficient: defect, deficiency,...
allocation availability consumption cost crisis dearth deficiency deficit distribution drought expenditure famine illness import inflation lack plenty scarcity shipment supply surplus utilization relateds (1) relateds outage...
Personnel Shortage/Surplus In traditional microeconomic models, shortages of goods or services exist when demand exceeds supply. Many geographic regions have experienced long-standing shortages of personnel to meet the educational needs of children with disabilities. During 1997 to 2003, between 7 and 13...
It is the opposite of an excess supply (surplus). Lack A particular deficiency or absence Owing to a lack of supporters, the reforms did not succeed. Shortage A deficiency in amount; an insufficiency. Lack To be without or in need of Lacked the strength to lift the box. Shortage A lack...
The Puzzle of Migrant Labor Shortage and Rural Labor Surplus in China Will There Really Be a Labor Shortage? Labor Shortages on Small Landholdings in Malawi: Implications for Policy Reform Soil erosion and labor shortages in the Andes with special reference to Bolivia, 1953ndash;1991: Implications...
AGUAS SOBRANTES Surplus, excess, or leftover water. ALTITO highlands APPROPRIATE (verb) To take the legal actions necessary to create a right to take water from a natural stream or aquifer for application to beneficial use. APPROPRIATION The right to take water from a natural stream or ...
The basic elements of famine prevention are:a substantial surplus of agricultural production beyond the subsistence needs of the rural population; highly developed transportation systems within rural areas, between rural and related urban areas, and with the rest of the world; and a democratic form ...
Celebrated New Orleans restaurant Brennan’s needed a way to use surplus bananas in 1951, according to Thrillist. It invented Bananas Foster, a dessert made from bananas flambéed with butter, liqueur, brown sugar, and cinnamon, then topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. 1952: Backyard gr...
The talent shortage may be difficult to envision now, with daily headlines about how robots and artificial intelligence are making their way into a growing number of industries. And the study shows how, at least in 2020, there might even be a surplus of talent in Russia and China. ...
A water shortage occurs when a region does not have enough clean and safe drinking water to satisfy its population. This can have severe health and economic impacts. As of 2022, there were 17 countries at extremely high risk of a water shortage, including Qatar, Israel, Lebanon, Iran, Jorda...