SCARCITY


Meaning of SCARCITY in English

( n. )

The quality or condition of being scarce; smallness of quantity in proportion to the wants or demands; deficiency; lack of plenty; short supply; penury; as, a scarcity of grain; a great scarcity of beauties.

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary.      Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster.