short+supply

  • 11in short supply — not readily available. Money is in short supply until I get paid …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 12short — ► ADJECTIVE 1) of a small length or duration. 2) relatively small in extent. 3) (of a person) small in height. 4) (short of/on) not having enough of. 5) in insufficient supply. 6) (of a person) terse; uncivil. 7) …

    English terms dictionary

  • 13Short — Short, a. [Compar. {Shorter}; superl. {Shortest}.] [OE. short, schort, AS. scort, sceort; akin to OHG. scurz, Icel. skorta to be short of, to lack, and perhaps to E. shear, v. t. Cf. {Shirt}.] 1. Not long; having brief length or linear extension; …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 14Short rib — Short Short, a. [Compar. {Shorter}; superl. {Shortest}.] [OE. short, schort, AS. scort, sceort; akin to OHG. scurz, Icel. skorta to be short of, to lack, and perhaps to E. shear, v. t. Cf. {Shirt}.] 1. Not long; having brief length or linear… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 15Short suit — Short Short, a. [Compar. {Shorter}; superl. {Shortest}.] [OE. short, schort, AS. scort, sceort; akin to OHG. scurz, Icel. skorta to be short of, to lack, and perhaps to E. shear, v. t. Cf. {Shirt}.] 1. Not long; having brief length or linear… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 16in short supply — Synonyms and related words: arrested, at a premium, callow, defective, deficient, embryonic, failing, hypoplastic, immature, in arrear, in arrears, in default, inadequate, incomplete, infant, lacking, missing, needing, out of print, out of season …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 17in short supply — (of a commodity) scarce. → short …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 18supply — 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

  • 19supply — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 sth that is supplied ADJECTIVE ▪ total ▪ It is impossible to measure the total supply of money in circulation. ▪ available ▪ endless, inexhaustible …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 20supply — 1 noun 1 AMOUNT AVAILABLE (C) an amount of something that is available to be used (+ of): a regular supply of fresh vegetables | More donors are needed as blood supplies are running low. 2 be in short supply if something is in short supply, there …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English