adequate supply
1adequate — 1. In its meaning ‘proportionate to the requirements’, sufficient, adequate is most commonly used without a complement (There is an adequate supply of food in the flooded area). When it has one, this is either for or to (Their earnings are… …
2supply — {{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 …
3adequate — ad|e|quate [ ædəkwət ] adjective *** 1. ) good enough or large enough for a particular purpose: SUFFICIENT: The state needs to maintain an adequate supply of trained teachers. adequate for: The big house is perfectly adequate for just the two of… …
4adequate */*/*/ — UK [ˈædɪkwət] / US [ˈædəkwət] adjective 1) good enough or large enough for a particular purpose The state has an adequate supply of trained teachers. adequate for: The house is perfectly adequate for just the two of us. adequate to do something:… …
5adequate*/ — [ˈædɪkwət] adj 1) good enough or large enough Syn: sufficient Ant: inadequate The state has an adequate supply of trained teachers.[/ex] It s a small office but it s adequate for our needs.[/ex] 2) satisfactory, but not extremely good Ant:… …
6Supply-side economics — is an arguably heterodox school of macroeconomic thought that argues that economic growth can be most effectively created using incentives for people to produce (supply) goods and services, such as adjusting income tax and capital gains tax rates …
7supply — ► VERB (supplies, supplied) 1) make (something needed) available to someone. 2) provide with something needed. 3) be adequate to satisfy (a requirement or demand). ► NOUN (pl. supplies) 1) a stock or amount of someth …
8adequate — adjective 1 an adequate amount is enough for a particular purpose: The research cannot be completed without adequate funding. (+ for): Are the parking facilities adequate for fifty cars? 2 good enough in quality for a particular purpose or… …
9Supply and demand — For other uses, see Supply and demand (disambiguation). The price P of a product is determined by a balance between production at each price (supply S) and the desires of those with purchasing power at each price (demand D). The diagram shows a… …
10adequate — adj. VERBS ▪ be, prove, seem ▪ remain ▪ consider sth, think sth ▪ These measures are not considered adequate by conservationists …
