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Definition of Scarcities
1. scarcity [n] - See also: scarcity
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scarcities
Literary usage of Scarcities
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law of Population: A Treatise, in Six Books; in Disproof of the by Michael Thomas Sadler (1830)
"... EFFECT OF scarcities [Book III. (16) Supposing the marriages of the eight
preceding years only are taken, on the average, as expressing the number of ..."
2. The Law of Population: A Treatise, in Six Books; in Disproof of the by Michael Thomas Sadler (1830)
"OF THE EFFECT OF scarcities ON HUMAN PROLIFICNESS. (1) I PROCEED to consider,
more particularly, the effect of variations in the price of food upon the ..."
3. Journal of the Statistical Society of London by Statistical Society (Great Britain) (1846)
"The Influence of scarcities and of the High Prices of Wheat on the Mortality of
the People of England. [Paper read by WILLIAM FARR, FSS, 16th February, ..."
4. Ireland : Its Evils and Their Remedies: Being a Refutation of the Errors of by Michael Thomas Sadler (1829)
"Next, as to the scarcities in Ireland being a proof of superfluous numbers.
We must deal with * Swift, Short View of Ireland ; c Report on the State of ..."
5. The Life, Times, and Correspondence of the Right Rev. Dr. Doyle, Bishop of by William John Fitzpatrick (1861)
"... when they are either too old or too young, might be prevented, and any risks
of future scarcities might in a great measure be obviated.-! have, &c. ..."
6. Mobilizing U. S. Industry in World War II by Alan L. Gropman (1997)
"OVERCOMING RAW MATERIAL scarcities People were not the only shortage; there were
numerous other scarcities that hampered the production and war effort. ..."
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