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  2. Scarcity - Wikipedia

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    "The best example is perhaps Walras' definition of social wealth, i.e., economic goods. [3] 'By social wealth', says Walras, 'I mean all things, material or immaterial (it does not matter which in this context), that are scarce, that is to say, on the one hand, useful to us and, on the other hand, only available to us in limited quantity'." [4]

  3. Limited availability - Wikipedia

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    This method is used in, for example graded multiple banks of selectors. [ 1 ] In a modern circuit-switched network, switches can connect any inlet to any outlet; this is known as full availability.

  4. Heuristic (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    A concept's availability can be affected by how recently and how frequently it has been brought to mind. In one study, subjects were given partial sentences to complete. The words were selected to activate the concept either of hostility or of kindness: a process known as priming. They then had to interpret the behavior of a man described in a ...

  5. Availability heuristic - Wikipedia

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    Due to the availability heuristic, names that are more easily available are more likely to be recalled, and can thus alter judgments of probability. [31] Another example of the availability heuristic and exemplars would be seeing a shark in the ocean. Seeing a shark has a greater impact on an individual's memory than seeing a dolphin.

  6. Costco Shoppers Could See Shortages as Strike Shuts Down Ports

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    Costco's measures are meant to cushion the effects, but an extended strike will likely lead to increased costs and limited availability of some items, particularly non-essential holiday goods.

  7. Resource slack - Wikipedia

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    Resource slack, in the business and management literature, is the level of availability of a resource. Resource slack can be considered as the opposite of resource scarcity or resource constraints. The availability of resources can therefore be defined in terms of resource slack versus constraints, as two ends of a continuum. [1]

  8. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...

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