scarce commodity

collocation in English

meaningsofscarceandcommodity

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scarce
adjective
uk
/skeəs/us
/skers/
not easy to find ...
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commodity
noun[C]
uk
/kəˈmɒd.ə.ti/us
/kəˈmɑː.də.t̬i/
a substance or product that can be traded, bought, ...
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(Definition ofscarceandcommodityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Under the blistering heat, the long marches could be exhausting and water was ascarcecommodity.
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Coal was the main source of energy and an extremelyscarcecommodityuntil 1948.
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Now that war has mutated and expanded to include all kinds of armed conflict not previously recognised under international humanitarian law, peace has become ascarcecommodity.
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However, due to the nature of expertise (it is by definition ascarcecommodity) there is often not a very large pool of experts to choose from.
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Party nominations are, however, far from ascarcecommodity.
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A refrigerator is of great value in saving food, which is becoming ascarcecommodity.
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If dollars were spent, the saving had to be very large to justify the use of thisscarcecommodityrather than the use of sterling.
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Because, on the whole, it is ascarcecommodity.
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They have released a veryscarcecommodityand people are fighting for it.
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I have always looked upon rent restriction as, in essence, a form of rationing of ascarcecommodity.
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Both on the railways and elsewhere that is a veryscarcecommodity.
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We must do this because land is a veryscarcecommodityin this country.
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The property owner is in possession of ascarcecommoditywhich is a necessity to the lives of the people.
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The only purpose of the amendment is to increase the consumption of ascarcecommodity.
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Even paper for children to work on has in many cases become ascarcecommodity, as have pencils and pens.
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I wonder whether he always sufficiently treats their skill as ascarcecommodity.
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To-day it has all disappeared and butter is ascarcecommodity.
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In my view, that is ascarcecommodityin present circumstances.
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All these demands on thisscarcecommodityhave been postulated for my area.
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Often quantity will give some guide, and another time reliance can be placed on thescarcecommodityof commonsense or common-sense judgment.
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