to have need: to be in difficulties or in want. Obsolete.

intransitive. Of a person: to be in need or want; to be lacking in some respect.

to have mister: to be in straits or necessity; to be in want of something. Obsolete.

to be low in the world.

intransitive. To be short of something (now rare). Also with for and †simply, to be in want.

intransitive. To be impoverished or in financial straits; to suffer penury. Obsolete.

to be beforehand (also behindhand) in (or with) the world: to be in prosperous (or indigent) circumstances; also in similar phrases. Cf. beforehand…

Stress or suffering caused by cold, hunger, poverty, etc.; hardship. Frequently in to feel the pinch.

slang. to feel the draught: to be seriously troubled or inconvenienced; to feel insecure, esp. financially.