Abundance (economics)
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| - | + | '''Abundance''' refers to an [[overflowing]] [[fullness]]; [[ample]] [[sufficiency]]; great [[plenty]]; [[profusion]]; [[copious]] supply; [[superfluity]]; wealth: -- [[strictly]] [[applicable]] to quantity only, but sometimes used of number. A lack of scarcity. | |
| - | # An [[overflowing]] [[fullness]]; [[ample]] [[sufficiency]]; great [[plenty]]; [[profusion]]; [[copious]] supply; [[superfluity]]; wealth: -- [[strictly]] [[applicable]] to quantity only, but sometimes used of number. A lack of scarcity. | + | ==Etymology== |
| - | #: '''Quotations''' | + | From ''[[ab-]]'' (“from, down from”) + ''[[undō]]'' (“surge, swell; fluctuate”). |
| - | #:* It is lamentable to remember what '''abundance''' of noble blood hath been shed with small benefit to the Christian state. - [[Raleigh]] | + | ==Synonyms== |
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| * [[Exuberance]]; [[plenteousness]]; plenty; [[copiousness]]; [[overflow]]; [[riches]]; [[affluence]]; wealth. | * [[Exuberance]]; [[plenteousness]]; plenty; [[copiousness]]; [[overflow]]; [[riches]]; [[affluence]]; wealth. | ||
| * [[abundance|Abundance]], [[Plenty]], [[Exuberance]]. These words rise upon each other in expressing the idea of fullness. | * [[abundance|Abundance]], [[Plenty]], [[Exuberance]]. These words rise upon each other in expressing the idea of fullness. | ||
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| * '''Exuberance''' rises still higher, and implies a [[bursting]] forth on every side, producing great superfluity or [[redundance]]; as, an ''exuberance'' of mirth, an ''exuberance'' of animal spirits, etc. | * '''Exuberance''' rises still higher, and implies a [[bursting]] forth on every side, producing great superfluity or [[redundance]]; as, an ''exuberance'' of mirth, an ''exuberance'' of animal spirits, etc. | ||
| - | '''Abundance''' may refer to: | + | ==See also== |
| - | * [[Abundance (economics)]], the opposite of scarcity | + | |
| * [[Abundance (ecology)]], the relative representation of a species in a community | * [[Abundance (ecology)]], the relative representation of a species in a community | ||
| - | * [[Abundance (programming language)]], a Forth-like computer programming language | ||
| - | ==See also== | ||
| *[[Post-scarcity economy]] | *[[Post-scarcity economy]] | ||
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Abundance refers to an overflowing fullness; ample sufficiency; great plenty; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; wealth: -- strictly applicable to quantity only, but sometimes used of number. A lack of scarcity.
Etymology
From ab- (“from, down from”) + undō (“surge, swell; fluctuate”).
Synonyms
- Exuberance; plenteousness; plenty; copiousness; overflow; riches; affluence; wealth.
- Abundance, Plenty, Exuberance. These words rise upon each other in expressing the idea of fullness.
- Plenty denotes a sufficiency to supply every want; as, plenty of food, plenty of money, etc.
- Abundance express more, and gives the idea of superfluity or excess; as, abundance of riches, an abundance of wit and humor; often, however, it only denotes plenty in a high degree.
- Exuberance rises still higher, and implies a bursting forth on every side, producing great superfluity or redundance; as, an exuberance of mirth, an exuberance of animal spirits, etc.
See also
- Abundance (ecology), the relative representation of a species in a community
- Post-scarcity economy
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