| 单词 | rationing by the purse |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrationing by the purse rationing by the purse (also rationing by price, etc.): the raising of the price of a commodity so as to restrict the number of people who can afford to buy it. ΚΠ 1935 B. Wootton Plan or No Plan ii. ii. 63 The ration card, however, is not used in the Soviet Union as a complete alternative to rationing by price movements. 1940 Times 21 May 3/5 Rationing by price was the only way, but they should guarantee rations of the right food to the people at a price they could afford. 1950 Hansard Commons 24 Apr. 617 Is this not a case of rationing by the purse? 1979 W. Safire in N.Y. Times Mag. 9 Sept. 16/1 Rationing by price, a system in which economic goods go to the people who are most willing to pay for them. This is the normal way of distributing goods in capitalist countries, and is increasingly used in Communist countries. 1995 Independent (Nexis) 3 Aug. 14 Rationing by the purse is unfair. Only an integrated, planned, affordable system of public transport will resolve the problems created by the ever increasing use of motor-vehicles. < as lemmas |
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