| 单词 | a glut in the market |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa glut in the market 2. A supply of any mercantile commodity which is greatly in excess of the demand; frequently a glut in the market. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > surplus or excess goods glut1594 superfluities1613 government surplus1836 1594 H. Plat Diuers Chimicall Concl. Distillation 31 in Jewell House Buying store of Roses when you finde a glut of them in the market. 1662 W. Petty Treat. Taxes 47 We should have no such gluts of wool upon our hand. 1735 G. Berkeley Querist App. §215 By a glut of paper, the prices of things must rise. 1787 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 261 The present glut is occasioned by their importing too much. 1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. II. iii. xiv. §1. 89 Dearth, or scarcity, on the one hand, and over-supply, or in mercantile language, glut, on the other, are incident to all commodities. 1868 J. E. T. Rogers Man. Polit. Econ. (ed. 3) viii. 79 As a rule, the phenomenon of a glut in the labour market attends any great exaltation in the price of food. < as lemmas |
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