resource1 nounresource2 verb
resourcere‧source1 /rɪˈzɔːs, -ˈsɔːs $ ˈriːsɔːrs/ ●●● S2 W1 AWL noun 
WORD ORIGINresource
Origin:
1600-1700 French ressource, from Old French resourdre ‘to rise again, relieve’, from Latin resurgere; ➔ RESURGENCEEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- important educational resources
- The police used every available resource to track down the killer.
- But each country will have to look at its own resources and solutions.
- Capital is not the scarce resource it once was.
- Making insurance compulsory would - they say - not only free Health Service resources, but guarantee freedom of choice.
- Our people are clearly our key resource.
- Perhaps purchasers or providers elsewhere would not be prepared to devote the necessary resources to involving service users in this way.
- The Coconino, at least, has discovered that the public constitutes one of its best enforcement resources.
- Try any one of the resources suggested in these chapters.
- Why don't we develop a resources network among our graduates?
WORD SETS
absenteeism, nounacademic, adjectiveacademy, nounadult education, nounalma mater, nounassessment, nounassessor, nounassignment, nounaudiovisual, adjectiveAV, binder, nounbiology, nounblackboard, nounbursary, nounbusiness studies, nounCAL, nounCALL, nouncareer counselor, nouncareers officer, nouncase study, nounCDT, nouncert., certificate, nouncertificated, adjectivechalkboard, nouncharm school, nounchemistry set, nouncivics, nounclass, nounclassicist, nounclassmate, nouncloze test, nouncoach, nouncoeducation, nouncollege, nouncollegiate, adjectivecommon room, nouncomprehension, nouncomprehensive, adjectivecomputer-literate, adjectivecomputer science, nouncontinuing education, nouncorrespondence course, nouncoursebook, nouncoursework, nouncrash course, nouncredit, nouncrib, verbcross, nouncurriculum, nounD, noundiploma, noundirect method, nounDirector of Studies, noundissect, verbdistance learning, noundistinction, noundo, verbdropout, noundyslexia, nounedify, verbedifying, adjectiveeducate, verbeducational, adjectiveeducationalist, nouneducator, nounEFL, nounELT, nounESL, nounESOL, nounESP, nounessay, nounevening class, nounexam, nounexamination, nounexamine, verbexercise, nounexercise book, nounexternal, adjectiveextracurricular, adjectiveF, fail, nounfellowship, nounfield, nounfield day, nounfield trip, nounfieldwork, nounflashcard, nounflip chart, nounflunk, verbfree period, nounfresher, nounfreshman, nounfurther education, nounglobe, noungoverness, noungrade, verbgraded, adjectivegrade point average, noungrind, nounheuristic, adjectivehistory, nounimmersion, nounineducable, adjectiveinfirmary, nounintake, nounintelligence quotient, nouninterdisciplinary, adjectiveintroductory, adjectiveinvigilate, verbIQ, nounjanitor, nounlearning curve, nounlesson, nounletter, nounletter, verbliberal arts, nounlibrarian, nounlibrary, nounlife science, nounmainstream, adjectivemasterclass, nounmatron, nounmedia studies, nounmnemonic, nounmoderate, verbmoderator, nounmodular, adjectivemodule, nounmultiple choice, adjectivenight school, nounnumerate, adjectiveopen house, nounoral, nounoverqualified, adjectivepapier mâché, nounpass, verbpass, nounpastoral, adjectivepedagogical, adjectivepedagogue, nounpedagogy, nounphonics, nounphrasebook, nounphysical education, nounpicture book, nounplacement, nounplaytime, nounpoli sci, nounpolitical science, nounpolitics, nounprincipal, nounprize day, nounproblem, nounproctor, nounprogrammed learning, nounprotégé, nounquad, nounqualification, nounqualify, verbquick, adjectiverector, nounre-educate, verbrefectory, nounreference, nounreference library, nounrequirement, nounresearch, nounresearch, verbresit, verbresource, nounresult, nounresume, nounretake, verbretake, nounreunion, nounreview, verbrevise, verbrevision, nounrole-play, nounrote, nounscholar, nounscholarship, nounscholastic, adjectiveschool, nounscience, nounscript, nounself-taught, adjectiveset, verbspeciality, nounspelling bee, nounstandard, adjectivestate school, nounstudent body, nounstudent government, nounstudent loan, nounstudent teaching, nounstudent union, nounstudy, verbstudy hall, nounsub, nounsummer holidays, nounsummer vacation, nounsuperintendent, nounteacher, nounteaching, nountechie, nounterm, nounterm paper, nounTESL, nounTESOL, nountext, nountextbook, nountick, nountick, verbtimetable, nountimetable, verbtranscript, nountrimester, nountruancy, nountuition, nountutor, nountutor, verbunderclassman, noununit, noununseen, nounvisual aid, nounvocational, adjectivewhiteboard, nounworkbook, nounworksheet, nounX, nounyearbook, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meaning 1ADJECTIVES/NOUN + resource
the importance of allocating resources to local communities The company should divert more resources into research. The war was an enormous drain on the country’s resources. People of different ages expend different amounts of energy. Manufacturers have expended a lot of time and effort trying to improve computer security. the Earth’s finite resources The organization has very limited resources. a school with meagre resources a country with few mineral resources All countries are being asked to cut down on their use of non-renewable resources. Investors agreed to pool their resources to develop the property. a programme to redistribute wealth from the rich to the poor an industry based on renewable resources There was fierce competition for the scarce resources.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· We support the sustainable use of natural resources.
· This area is rich in mineral resources.
· The country has few energy resources of its own.
· Botswana expressed growing concern over its dwindling water resources.
· oil resources in the North Sea
(=one that replaces itself naturally, or is easily replaced)· Trees are a renewable resource.
· We should reduce our use of non-renewable resources.
(=one which is limited in amount, so that it will no longer exist if people continue to use it)· Crude oil is a finite resource.
· High-quality agricultural land is a national resource.
verbs· Modern products use fewer natural resources.
· He exploited the mineral resources which he found under his lands.
(=take them from an area)· Several nations are eager to tap the mineral resources in Antarctica.
phrases· Swaziland is rich in natural resources.
Meaning 2verbs· Do the police have the resources they need?
(also make use of resources)· We must use our resources efficiently.
· We cannot afford to waste our resources on fighting each other.
(=give them to a particular person, organization etc)· I spoke to the official who was in charge of allocating the funds.
(=put together the resources that each of you have)· They decided to pool their resources and buy a business together.
adjectives· Lack of financial resources can result in homelessness.
· Most people lack the material resources to be able to deal with periods of unemployment.
· We have very limited resources.
· The aim was to make use of all available resources.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES the importance of allocating resources to local communities· The organization’s cash resources are limited.
The company should divert more resources into research. The war was an enormous drain on the country’s resources.· The committee has drawn on the resources and skills of several local people.
· The world’s energy resources are being used up at an alarming rate.
People of different ages expend different amounts of energy. Manufacturers have expended a lot of time and effort trying to improve computer security. the Earth’s finite resources· Human resources deals with changes to contracts.
· Human resources deal with changes to contracts.
The organization has very limited resources. a school with meagre resources a country with few mineral resources All countries are being asked to cut down on their use of non-renewable resources. Investors agreed to pool their resources to develop the property.· The government has squandered the country’s precious resources.
a programme to redistribute wealth from the rich to the poor an industry based on renewable resources There was fierce competition for the scarce resources.· We have promised to provide new and additional resources to help the developing countries to tackle their environmental problems.· They act as guardians of the public purse when dealing with members of spending departments who seek additional resources.· Over the next 22 months, additional resources of at least £600 million will be available for investment in education.· Used as an additional resource, a different dimension which adds to an otherwise laborious process, programs can be very effective.· The new top-up loan provides additional resources for those groups as well as for other students.· At least initially, additional resources to the cities were largely contained within the Urban Programme.
· Its being so means that more than usual demands must be made on available resources, whether human or material.· One of the most widely available resources are adult-education classes run by local school districts or community colleges.· It is obvious that the relatively low price of high grade primary aggregates discourages efficient use of available resources and increases wastage.· They then compared total spending implications of policies against available resources and different expenditures against each other.· A second reduction of available resources is due to short term problems in other company functions.· To balance demand against available resources is a continuing function of health service management intra-contractually and extra-contractually.· To some degree, managers do have a responsibility to control costs or rather to optimise the use of available resources.· But they can also be seen as communicatively motivated, the realization of available resources to get a message across.
· The tourist boards see these areas as economic resources where development brings money.· Technologies have proliferated, economic resources have become constrained, and competition has intensified.· Married women are treated as dependents by the income tax system, whatever their actual economic resources and social situation.· In short, monopoly tends to cause a misallocation of economic resources.· Knowledge, power and economic resources are the raw materials of social action, and they are all unequally available.· Discontent grew, however, when elected black mayors found that they had few economic resources to command.· More economic patterns of resource allocation will result as underlying comparative advantages are allowed to exert their full potential.· As with other parental costs, parental expenditures On education arc also social costs because they absorb economic resources.
· The choices being made by purchasers and providers will have an impact, and in some places extra resources may be required.· Colonel Bill Creech fired no one, and the wing received no extra resources.· You can find some extra energy or resources from somewhere.· These funds are only one element of the package of extra resources for students which I mentioned a moment ago.· That is the quantity of extra resources that a competitive industry would use because it has higher average and marginal costs.· I am not one who believes that extra resources necessarily solve problems or necessarily smooth the way to their solution.· The Committee concluded that a commitment of extra resources was needed if significant further progress was to be made.· Will my hon. Friend do his best to ensure that constituents and police combine to spend the extra resources wisely?
· All in all the Tudor monarchs made no permanent addition to the financial resources of the Crown.· Usually they pool their financial resources and their business acumen.· Some elderly people entering private care do so using there own financial resources.· A self-employed per-son with an idea has to be very good at marshaling financial resources.· There is nothing wrong with being a bit conservative and building up financial resources, and not just jumping straight in.· Through the securities market, corporations can pool the financial resources of extremely large numbers of people.· Without state pensions, many elderly people would be deprived of access to any substantial financial resources in their old age.· You can not pay some one more money if you do not have a power base that controls financial resources.
· This indeed has been the case ever since self-replicating molecular assemblages evolved to exploit finite resources.· Plastic-producing petroleum is a finite resource.· Social evolution without ecological reference is ultimately a logical impossibility in a world of finite resources.· However, given finite resources, concepts of effectiveness and efficiency must be considered alongside concepts of need.· The use of finite natural resources, e.g. coal, oil, must, perhaps, result in ultimate shortages.· The North can argue, of course, that in a world of finite fossil fuel resources inefficiency in itself is immoral.· Large amounts of undeveloped land, a finite resource, have been covered by roads and built development.· The habitat of an animal population offers only finite resources for its use.
· The man had to have great financial resources and staying power to follow the Girl if she went on tour.· Glastonbury Tor and Avebury Where later societies put great resources into fortification the Neolithic people built monuments.· Here it was effectively a form of non-elected local government, which had access to greater resources than Glasgow District Council.· Exposure to a variety of past bosses seemed a great resource for the managers.· We will continue to extend City Challenge and allocate a greater proportion of resources by competitive bidding.· A great resource often remained an unrealized potential for weeks or months after completion.· What is needed now is far greater resources, both physical and human, in order that this ideal can be realised.· Ultimately, this popular support proved to be his greatest resource.
· His intellectual approach to the management of human resources seems to have made matters worse.· The vice president of human resources, Sam Smith, had brought the game with him.· Several have human resources consultancies, while Eversheds recently set up a risk management consultancy.· In other organizations, the chief human resources official serves as top management for the briefing.· Geoff Pye is director of human resources, Forte Restaurants.· We have to be visible in our support of human resource professionals as they attempt to deal with AIDS-related problems.· What I had seen of Czechoslovakia was a society which encouraged a miserable waste of human resources.· George, 41, brings more than 14 years of experience in human resources and as an attorney specializing in employment issues.
· This augurs well for the future and underlines the truth that music as a universal language is an important resource for ecumenism.· More important, new resources were available to help meet those demands.· The existence of these sets provides an important sociolinguistic resource for inner-city speakers, and their survival must surely depend on this.· Water, the most obvious and important resource, was not an immediate problem.· Data is a very important resource of the business.· Flows become more important than resources.· But substantial progress is being made and the most important resources of all, expertise and know-how, are now becoming available.· However, water is the single most important resource standing between you and panic.
· Moreover, departmental rivalries are endemic in the style of central government whereby competitive bids are made for limited financial resources.· We think that power is a limited resource, and if one person has it then another one can't.· This poses enormous problems for developing countries with severely limited educational resources, especially in the rural areas of those countries.· Inevitably, this has brought them into competition for limited resources with the other activities of the polytechnics and colleges.· This principle is warmly supported because it rightly treats the coast as a limited and special resource.· The basic ecological problem of limited resources remains.· The time has come for Britain to cut its military spending and begin to use its limited resources for our real needs.· The second is that limited resources should not be used for this patient.
· It was therefore possible to staff the area studies program largely from local resources.· Those who may need further evaluation are referred to local treatment resources.· Kemira's system is called Loris, or local resource information system.· Many Army garrisons have no choir and rely a good deal on local resources, especially overseas.· Husbandry was so neglected the population could not feed itself from local resources.· They know that there are no alternatives they can suggest because of the lack of local resources.· It will draw up these plans in the light of national policies and local priorities and resources.
· Yet many of these countries are rich in organic and mineral resources.· By all accounts, they also are rich in mineral resources.· Branch lines were arranged to tap either mineral resources or new areas of settlement.· On Earth, no mineral resource with such a low concentration has ever been mined for its own sake.· The largest mineral resource deliberately sterilized by the process was the Windy Craggy copper property in the remote northwestern corner of B.C.· The three central problems are energy, mineral resources, and food.· This detailed knowledge of land formations should help geologists find mineral resources and evaluate geologic hazards such as earthquake zones.· The Programme is focussed on world mineral resources, production, trade and use.
· A database also exists as a national resource of innovative practice and ideas.· All pre-cious national resources are lighted this way.· Clearly, national union resources on their own will not be sufficient to deal with this problem.· The funding to do anything, however, must in the long run derive from national resources.· There are few important national resources that are entirely exempt from economic transnational practices.· To provide a national resource for the training of social researchers in specific research skills.
· But can we really afford to take such risks with our limited space and natural resources in Britain?· Those homes were determined by the location of natural resources and the possession of capital.· Imperialism focused on one or two natural resources, thus creating a homogeneous agricultural proletariat, all doing the same labouring job.· Modern products simply use fewer natural resources.· The major sectors witnessing recovery have been the shipping and the natural resources sectors.· The world is still rich with natural resources that could be reshaped by your creative mind.· Not only do they consume more natural resources, they also produce more pollution.· The state owns the land, the natural resources, the factories, the machines, and so on.
· Over the next few years, we're going to have to change our attitude to this precious resource.· People embody intelligence, by far the most precious resource in the universe and one in terribly short supply.· On this basis, precious resources have been allocated to mass literacy campaigns all over the Third World.· Smart governments know that by allowing trade, nations gently coerce their citizens to shift precious resources from low-productivity to high-productivity industries.· And he called it the long-term stewardship of a precious natural resource.· He was used to taking his time and not seeing every instant as a precious resource.· They began to suspect that time would be one of their most precious resources.
· The basic challenge for sustainable agriculture is to maximise the use of locally-available and renewable resources.· Trees are a renewable resource that when managed properly can sustain our needs indefinitely.· Do we aggressively develop renewable resources?· Paper Association, which points out that paper-producing wood is a renewable resource.· The alternative is a small-scale industry, based on renewable resources - but designing this requires chemical expertise too.· Today, very late, we are coming to accept the fact that the harvest of renewable resources must be controlled.· Assessing those effects of global change which will be large scale and cause major modifications to both renewable and non-renewable resources.· Data in essence were a free and renewable resource contributed by members of the cooperative and cooperatives like them around the world.
· Both countries rely on the river for scarce water resources.· Capital is not the scarce resource it once was.· At the same time others may, through overfunding, be absorbing an unfair amount of scarce resources. 2.· Then competition for scarce resources might favourably select more complex organisms.· State politics ends up as a perennial battle between squabbling regions for scarce resources.· Create and focus energy and meaningful language because they are the scarcest resources during periods of change.· This suggested that the fundamental problem of many working class families was one of scarce resources.· But Aristotle knew just enough about economies to know that time was a scarce resource.
· Simply put, it consumes too many valuable resources to be practiced indefinitely.· If staff are the most valuable resource in a surveying practice, then accommodation and equipment will rank second.· The managers generally failed to take advantage of a potentially valuable resource, their immediate superiors.· The commitment of teachers is the most valuable resource that a school can have.· This strategic approach aims to optimise information and technology as valuable resources to achieve the key business objectives of the corporation.· The modern service provides the busy and prosperous County in the 1990s with quality care and valuable resources.· The agency is a valuable resource to meet staffing shortfalls or an unexpected increase in workload.
NOUN· The management of resource allocation involves giving attention to all these matters and how they affect roles at different hierarchical levels.· Deciding on optimal resource allocations for different research projects is a serious issue.· Proposals for resource allocation according to quality of teaching as well as research endeavour are undoubtedly overdue.· The first move has been in converting to a project-based resource allocation system rather than funding an overall area of activity.· The final perspective upon resource allocation is by age group.· The presumption is that resource allocation will be improved upon by this type of government activity.· Such a pattern of resource allocation is called a Pareto optimum.· We stress the evils of idleness and bad resource allocation which were relevant to efforts to increase output a century ago.
· The number of people in the catchment area of the resource centre who now seek residential care has dropped dramatically.· The Centre maintains a documentary resources centre and has recently set up a national ethnic minority statistical database.· The learning resources centre serves teachers and learners alike.· Also historical resource centre and family history department.· The Institute offers facilities for computer-assisted learning, as well as a self-access centre, library and teachers' resource centre.· There will also be an Internet resource centre for analytical scientists.
· Job seekers who lack the education to use information resources effectively are at a disadvantage.· This may contribute to the organisation missing major opportunities to manage the records element of the information resource strategically.· Information brokerages dispatch agents capable of information resource gathering, negotiating deals, and performing transactions.· New legislation is needed that is mindful of the value of electronic information resources to future researchers.· His 10-point information policy stresses free access, establishment of information resource centres and public access to data banks.· Staff require access to most information resources in order to answer enquiries.· Background Awareness among historians of the changing character of contemporary information resources is limited.
· Where ownership is agreed, responsibility for resource management can be supported by law, and management is generally possible.· Human resource management emerged in the 1980s to compensate for these shortcomings.· They waxed lyrical on the virtues of introducing business-like methods and improving resource management.· This does not mean that it is simply an exercise in resource management.· Schools have always been involved in issues of resource management such as the allocation of capitation allowances.· The consultancy is to investigate possible applications of artificial intelligence to information resource management.
· Both countries rely on the river for scarce water resources.· Several large water resource projects are currently being planned while criticism is most in evidence.· Follow up geophysical work has been done at selected sites to assess what water resources are actually present.· Drainage had already leached away much of the water resources of the Great Plains grain belt.· A land use plan is to be produced providing guidelines for protecting water resources, developing tourism and promoting ecological agriculture.· The law also gives the Army Corps of Engineers new power to protect water resources throughout the country.· In 1986-88 steps were taken to rationalise the use of water resources.· As populations grow, pressure will grow on water resources both from rivers and from artesian wells.
VERB· The rankings guide Britain's four higher education funding councils in allocating resources.· He is a selfish, competitive fighter who is totally calculating about how he allocates his time and resources.· Are markets a good way to allocate scarce resources?· Budgets are financial plans used to estimate future requirements and organize and allocate operating and capital resources effectively.· In terms of funding, there's going to have to be some political decision as to how we allocate those resources.· The operating system is the set of instructions that allocate resources and order tasks within a computer.· In straitened times, group directors will face tough decisions about allocating resources between divisions.· In short, here is a service which yields substantial benefits but for which the market would allocate no resources.
· Thus, it leaves room for poor countries with well-distributed resources and rich countries with concentrated resource distributions.· The desire to concentrate power and resources.· Attempts to do something about the problem have to concentrate on underground resources.· More often a funding agency will concentrate its resources in a few areas.· The first decision was clearly whether it made sense to concentrate all our resources behind the two core businesses, without foods.· For we concentrated entirely on resources internal to the individual rule-follower, on things which a solipsist could point to.· This would allow dermatologists to concentrate resources on patients who need the technical support available in hospitals.
· Local NGOs thus divert resources and personnel out of the public health services.· Local economic development strategies divert attention and resources of government away from direct efforts to resolve social problems. 7.· For years Dieter had diverted resources away from the army and into his own pocket.· This emphasis tends to divert scarce financial resources from true development objectives.
· This indeed has been the case ever since self-replicating molecular assemblages evolved to exploit finite resources.· But it managed to reach them, convert them, link them to its cities, and exploit their resources.· What seems to have been crucial was an ability to survive cooling temperatures and, perhaps, to exploit unusual food resources.· Thus, female orangutans choose to live alone in strict territories, the better to exploit their scarce food resources.· Rights to exploit northern marine resources are only slightly less clear.· It was obliged to exploit its own resources, spiritual as well as material.· And without the right materials it is difficult to exploit the resource to the full.· It is immediately apparent from this matrix that most of our information resources lack efficient means for exploiting those resources.
· It is perfectly obvious that the choices made by creative social actors are limited by the practical resources available to them.· CO2 is the accepted limiting resource for the biosphere.· Licensed dealers trade on a scale that is only limited by their own resources.· They had too much work to do in too little time with imperfect information and limited resources.· The programs are simply too expensive, too specialized for their demands to be met from limited resources.· We learned too how limited the managers resources were for adjusting to their work.· Did the residents of different villages cooperate or compete for limited resources?· Education received what stimulus limited resources would allow, particularly primary education in the departments.
· It would need management resources, and some members would have to reduce their commitment to general medical services.· Economic costs are the payments which must be made to secure and retain the needed amounts of these resources.· Energy, imagination and enthusiasm will be needed to bring under-used resources back into action either for school or community use.· The police need both resources and practices.· Some capital projects obviously need current resources to run them.· We need resources to pay those six players.· A campaigning approach is needed to seek better resources and develop greater understanding.· In what order do we need these resources, and how much do we need?
· Furthermore, if one of the females becomes too dominant they can pool their male resources to put her in her place.· Usually they pool their financial resources and their business acumen.· The obligation to pool and share resources with one's kin would be felt differently by women and men.· Many companies are pooling their resources and talents through alliances and mergers with other companies to make the electronic marketplace a reality.· We pooled our knowledge and resources and formed our own company.· Through the securities market, corporations can pool the financial resources of extremely large numbers of people.· It is even cheaper to pool your resources with four or five other bands and put together a composite album.· Like pooling our resources and that.
· We have promised to provide new and additional resources to help the developing countries to tackle their environmental problems.· The belt provides vast material resources, vast amounts of solar power, and vast elbow room.· The existence of these sets provides an important sociolinguistic resource for inner-city speakers, and their survival must surely depend on this.· By providing them with resources, we can help our fathers be both better dads and better employees.· Where the Government propose alternatives to custody, they must provide the resources to make them work.· That alone will provide the resources that are essential if we are to build a steadily more prosperous society.· This booklet goes some way to providing a resource.· The vertical columns of Table 10.2 represent the department providing the resources and the horizontal rows the projects and activities using them.
· The host software interfaces with the native Unix spooler to allow the workstation to use its own printing resources.· It involves wondering how to use hard-won resources to achieve something meaningful.· Genomecenter officials investigated, and found that Hughes was using government resources to perform genetic studies on test-tube embryos.· The therapeutic response must be tailored to these needs if we are economically and effectively to use our resources.· Mobilized groups use their political resources to affect the decision.· While this might have been expected, neither did it explore alternative ways of allowing mineworkers to use its educational resources.· Modern products simply use fewer natural resources.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► resources
1land/oil/coal etc [countable usually plural] something such as useful land, or minerals such as oil or coal, that exists in a country and can be used to increase its wealth: - Some students are without adequate financial resources to attend college.
- We need to devote more time and resources to the important projects.
Canada’s vast mineral resources a country rich in natural resources2money/property etc resources [plural] all the money, property, skills etc that you have available to use when you need them: She had no financial resources. Only limited resources are available to the police.pool your resources (=put together all the resources that each of you can provide) → human resources3personal qualities resources [plural] personal qualities, such as courage and determination, that you need to deal with a difficult situation: He proved that he has considerable inner resources.4educational [countable] something such as a book, film, or picture used by teachers or students to provide information: resources for learning a valuable new computer resourceresource room/centre5practical ability [uncountable] formal the ability to deal with practical problems SYN resourcefulness: a man of great resourceCOLLOCATIONS– Meaning 1ADJECTIVES/NOUN + resourcenatural resources· We support the sustainable use of natural resources.mineral resources· This area is rich in mineral resources.energy resources· The country has few energy resources of its own.water resources· Botswana expressed growing concern over its dwindling water resources.oil resources· oil resources in the North Seaa renewable resource (=one that replaces itself naturally, or is easily replaced)· Trees are a renewable resource.a non-renewable resource· We should reduce our use of non-renewable resources.a finite resource (=one which is limited in amount, so that it will no longer exist if people continue to use it)· Crude oil is a finite resource.a national resource· High-quality agricultural land is a national resource.verbsuse resources· Modern products use fewer natural resources.exploit resources· He exploited the mineral resources which he found under his lands.tap resources (=take them from an area)· Several nations are eager to tap the mineral resources in Antarctica.phrasesbe rich in resources· Swaziland is rich in natural resources.COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2verbshave resources· Do the police have the resources they need?use resources (also make use of resources)· We must use our resources efficiently.waste resources· We cannot afford to waste our resources on fighting each other.allocate resources (=give them to a particular person, organization etc)· I spoke to the official who was in charge of allocating the funds.pool your resources (=put together the resources that each of you have)· They decided to pool their resources and buy a business together.adjectivesfinancial/economic resources· Lack of financial resources can result in homelessness.material resources· Most people lack the material resources to be able to deal with periods of unemployment.limited/scarce resources· We have very limited resources.available resources· The aim was to make use of all available resources.resource1 nounresource2 verb
resourcere‧source2 /rɪˈzɔːs, -ˈsɔːs $ -ˈsɔːrs/ AWL verb [transitive] EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- A major focus was the problem of how to resource a strategy for new local services.
- London needs the current establishments of beds, and needs to be able to resource them fully.
- No one person or department can resource the company's marketing effort.
- Secondly, the opportunity exists to reassess the rational or political approaches to resource management practice.
- The answer lies in the inadequacy of current training provision to resource these imminent training requirements.
- What moral principles are relevant to resource allocation in the context of the technological imperative?
WORD SETS
above the line, adjectiveabsorption rate, acceptance sampling, accountant, nounaccount balance, accounting, nounaccounting rate of return, accrued cost, accrued income, accumulation unit, acid ratio, actual price, A/D, adjustable peg, nounADR, nounadvancer, nounAER, aftermarket, nounAGI, aging schedule, agio, nounAICPA, allottee, nounallowable, adjectivealternative investment, amortizable, adjectiveannual earnings, annual income, annual value, annuity, nounappraiser, nounappropriate, verbappropriation, nounappropriation account, arb, nounas at, prepositionas of, prepositionasset, nounasset backing, asset shuffling, nounasset stripping, nounasset-stripping, verbasset turnover, asset value per share, Association for Payment Clearing Services, nounassured value, at best, adverbat call, adverbaudit, verbauditor, nounauditor's report, auto-financing, adjectiveaverage stock, backdate, verbbackup withholding, nounbackwardation, nounbad debt recovery, bail-out, nounbalanced fund, balance sheet, nounBaltic Exchange, nounbankroll, nounbase rate, nounbasis point, bed-and-breakfasting, nounbellwether, nounbelow the line, adjectivebeneficial owner, best efforts, adjectivebeta coefficient, nounbid and asked, adjectivebill rate, Black Friday, nounBlack Thursday, nounBlack Tuesday, nounBlack Wednesday, nounblank transfer, bond, nounbond fund, bond premium, bookbuilding, nounbook debt, book entry, book-keeper, nounbook-keeping, nounbottom fisher, nounbought deal, bourse, nounbreakeven, nounbreak-up value, buildings and contents insurance, buoy, verbbuoyancy, nounbuoyant, adjectivebusiness angel, nounbusiness entity, business manager, buyback, nounbuy-in, nounbuying power, buying price, buy limit order, buy order, buyout, nouncabinet bid, callable, adjectivecallable fixture, nouncap and collar, nouncapital appreciation, capital asset pricing model, capital charge, capital dilution, nouncapital equipment, capital flow, nouncapital gain, capital invested, nouncapitalization of reserves, nouncapitalize, verbcapitalized, adjectivecapital movement, nouncapital outlay, capital rationing, nouncapital stock, capital sum, capital surplus, capital transfer, capital value, CAR, carried down, adjectivecarried forward, adjectivecarried over, adjectivecarryback, nouncarryforward, nouncarrying charge, carry-over, nouncash account, cash at bank, nouncash basis, nouncashbook, nouncash column, cash equivalent, cash flow, nouncashless, adjectivecash management, cash price, CBOT, c/d, certificate of deposit, nouncertificate of occupancy, nouncertified public accountant, nounCFO, chain of title, nounChapter 7, nounChartered Financial Consultant, nounchartist, nounchattels real, nounChicago Board Options Exchange, nounChicago Mercantile Exchange, nounChinese wall, nounchurning, nounCISCO, nounclawback, nounclean opinion, nounclearer, nounclearing agent, nounclosed-end, adjectiveclosely held, adjectiveCMA, CME, COGS, collection ratio, Comex, nouncomfort letter, commercial agent, common ownership, company doctor, company limited by guarantee, nouncompany limited by shares, nouncomparables, nouncomparable-store sales, compensate, verbcompensating error, completion date, compound, verbcompound annual rate of return, nouncompound interest, nouncomptroller, nounComptroller and Auditor General, nounComptroller General, nounComptroller of the Currency, nouncompulsory purchase order, concert party, nounconsistency concept, nounconsolidated accounts, consolidator, nounConsols, nouncontango, nouncontinuous inventory, contra account, contra-asset account, contract note, controller, nouncontrol period, conversion premium, cooling-off period, nounco-operative society, corporate investment, cost, verbcost of goods sold, nouncounting-house, nouncoupon sheet, nounCPA, nounCPI, cramdown, nouncredit, nouncredit, verbcredit card payment, credit facility, creditor turnover rate, nouncredit quality, credit repair, credit standing, credit status, creeping control, CREST, nouncurrency pair, nouncurrency peg, nounDaily Official List, nounday book, nounday order, dead cat bounce, death futures, debt capital, debt ratio, decliner, noundeed of conveyance, noundeferred credits, noundeferred income, deferred share, degearing, noundeleverage, noundelinquent tax certificate, delivery date, demand note, dematerialize, verbdemonetize, verbdemutualize, verbdenominated, adjectivedeposit certificate, depository institution, deposit protection fund, noundepreciable life, depreciation account, deprival value, derivative lease, direct exchange, direct investment, direct labour, directors register, discount brokerage, discount loan, discretionary account, discretionary order, discretionary spending, diversifieds, noundivestment, nounDJIA, dollar-cost averaging, noundollars-and-cents, adjectivedomestic investment, double declining balance, double-witching, noundown payment, noundowntick, nounDPS, drawdown, noundrawing account, dual capacity, noundual listing, due, adjectivedue diligence, earn, verbEasdaq, nouneconomic, adjectiveeffective rate, emissions unit, encash, verbequity, nounequity investment, ERM, nounerror of commission, nounerror of omission, nounerror of posting, nounerror of principle, nounethical investment, Euribor, nounEuro.NM, nounEuropean interbank offered rate, exceptionals, nounexchange arbitrage, exchange of contracts, nounex gratia, adjectiveexpense ratio, expiration date, face amount, factor cost, factoring, nounfailure, nounfair value, fand, nounFederal funds, fee absolute, nounfigure, nounfinal accounts, final distribution, finance charge, Financial Accounting Standards Board, nounfinancial investment, financials, nounfinancial services, financial supermarket, financial year, nounfinancier, nounfirst in, first out, nounfirst-quarter, adjectivefixed assets, nounfixed costs, nounfixed-income investment, fixed investment, fixtures and fittings, nounfloater, nounflood insurance, flowback, nounflow of funds, nounfocus list, foreign investment, freehold possession, free movement, nounfriends, nounfront-running, nounfull-year, adjectivefully-subscribed, adjectivefunder, nounfungible, adjectivefutures, nounfuture value, FY, G & A, gainer, noungilts, nounGinnie Mae, nounGLOBEX, nounGNMA, noungolden share, golds, noungood-faith money, government investment, greenshoe, noungross, adjectivegross income, gross investment, group accounts, grubstake, nounguaranty, nounhealth warning, nounhigh end, nounhigh flyer, nounhigh-yield, adjectiveHip, nounholding, nounholding company, nounholdout, nounhomeowner's insurance, home repair, household insurance, idle balance, imprest, nouninactive account, incentive fee, income and expenditure account, income share, incubator space, index-linked, adjectiveindirect exchange, industrials, nouninherit, verbinheritance, nouninjection, nounIN.SECTS, nouninstitutional investment, interest cover, International Monetary Fund, nounInternational Securities Exchange, nouninvest, verbinvestment, nouninvestment income, investor, nouninvestor resistance, issuance, nounissue flop, nounissuer, nounkerb market, key money, large-cap, nounlast in, first out, nounlast sale, leaseback, nounleasehold possession, ledger, nounledger clerk, legal investment, lending rate, nounletter of comfort, nounleverage, verblifecycle cost, LIFO, like-for-like, adjectiveliquidity, nounliquid ratio test, loading, nounloan-to-value ratio, London Clearing House, nounM & A, management charge, mandatory general offer, margin account, market order, material fact, nounmature, adjectivematurity, nounmid-cap, nounMMC, mortgage protection insurance, multiple (share) application, municipals, nounNational Market System, nounNational Savings Stock Register, nounNBV, net, adjectivenet, verbnet 10/eom, adverbnet 30, adverbnet annual value, net asset backing, net asset value, net book value, net income, net interest, net investment, net present value, net realizable value, nominal accounts, nominal price, nominal value, non-payment, nounnon-recurring, adjectivenote issuance facility, NPV, NTA, number-cruncher, nounOEIC, offer for sale, nounoff-market, adjectiveon demand, adverbopen interest, nounopen-market, adjectiveopen outcry, nounoperating income, option, nounoption premium, option pricing model, options contract, order-driven, adjectiveorigination, nounoutflow, nounoutturn, nounoutward investment, overallotment, nounoverborrow, verboverbought, adjectiveovercapitalized, adjectiveovergeared, adjectiveoverissue, nounoverlend, verboverseas investment, overtrade, verbowner-operator, nounP&L, packager, nounpaperchase, nounpar value, pass-through, nounpawn, verbpayables, nounpay and file, nounpaying agent, payout ratio, PDR, pension fund, nounpension plan, nounPE ratio, performance guarantee, permission to build, nounpersonal investment, petrodollars, nounPink Sheets, nounplanning application, plat book, pledgee, nounplot plan, pooling of interests, nounpork bellies, nounportfolio, nounpoundage, nounppd., prelease, verbpremium bond, nounpresale, nounprice-sensitive, adjectiveprimary share, prime-1, nounprime tenant, principal, nounprivate company, private income, nounprivate investment, privately-owned, adjectiveprivate placing, proceeds, nounprofit-taking, nounpro-forma, adjectivepro-forma invoice, prompt date, prompt note, property, nounproperty investment, pro rata, adjectiveprorate, verbpublic investment, publicly-held, adjectivepurchase journal, nounpurchases account, purse, nounp.w., quote-driven, adjectiveramping, nounrandom walk, nounratable, adjectiverateable value, rate of return, nounrating agency, real, adjectivereal accounts, real estate investment, realization concept, nounrebound, verbreceiver, nounreceivership, nounrecoup, verbrecuperate, verbred ink, nounredlining, nounrefunding, nounRegional Stock Exchange, nounregistered stock, REIT, nounremarket, verbREMIC, nounremit, verbremittance, nounrent, verbrental, nounrent-free, adjectiverepatriate, verbrepurchase agreement, research manager, reserve requirement, reserves, nounresidual value, resource, verbresults, nounretainer, nounretirement plan, nounreturn, verbreturn, nounrevenue, nounreverse share split, risk analysis, nounrisk profile, ROA, root of title, royalty payment, ruin, verbsale and repurchase agreement, sales account, sales budget, sales charge, sales returns account, salvage value, nounsame-store sales, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, nounsaving, nounSavings and Loan Association, nounSEATS, nounsecondary shares, second-tier share, securities house, security rating, self-dealing, nounself-liquidating, adjectiveSETS, nounsettlement date, settling day, nounshare application, share exchange offer, share manipulation, share split, shark repellent, nounshelf registration, Ship, nounshort-covering, nounshort-term gain, sinking fund, nounsiphon, verbsliding peg, nounsmall-cap, nounSOX, nounspeculate, verbspeculation, nounspeculative, adjectivespeculative investment, squeeze, verbstk., stockbrokerage, nounstock count, nounstockholding, nounstock parking, nounstock valuation, stop order, straight line, adjectivestructural analysis, sublet, verbsubsidize, verbsubsidy, nounsubvention, nounsum of the digits, nounsundries account, super voting rights, sustainability index, swaption, nounsystematic risk, technical analysis, technical analyst, technical correction, technicals, nountenant at sufferance, nountenant at will, nountenant for years, nountenant in common, nounterm, nountippee, nountipper, nountip sheets, nountotal, verbtrading loss, trading profit, transfer, verbtransfer agent, transfer register, trigger point, triple-A, adjectivetriple-witching, nountrue and fair view, nountrust, nountrust company, trustee, nountrusteeship, nountrust fund, nounturnover ratio, undercapitalized, adjectiveundercharge, verbunderfunded, adjectiveunder-investment, noununderreport, verbundervalued, verbunderwriting power, unearned income, ungeared, adjectiveunitize, verbunit of account, noununsystematic risk, upfront fee, uptick, nounvault cash, vendor placing, Wall Street, war chest, nounweak, adjectiveworking capital, nounwrite-off, nounwritten-down value, yield spread, yield to call, nounyield to maturity, nounYTD, YTM, zaitech, nounZ-score, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES the importance of allocating resources to local communities The company should divert more resources into research. The war was an enormous drain on the country’s resources. People of different ages expend different amounts of energy. Manufacturers have expended a lot of time and effort trying to improve computer security. the Earth’s finite resources The organization has very limited resources. a school with meagre resources a country with few mineral resources All countries are being asked to cut down on their use of non-renewable resources. Investors agreed to pool their resources to develop the property. a programme to redistribute wealth from the rich to the poor an industry based on renewable resources There was fierce competition for the scarce resources.
to provide money or other resources for something: the importance of allocating resources to local communities· The organization’s cash resources are limited.
The company should divert more resources into research. The war was an enormous drain on the country’s resources.· The committee has drawn on the resources and skills of several local people.
· The world’s energy resources are being used up at an alarming rate.
People of different ages expend different amounts of energy. Manufacturers have expended a lot of time and effort trying to improve computer security. the Earth’s finite resources· Human resources deals with changes to contracts.
· Human resources deal with changes to contracts.
The organization has very limited resources. a school with meagre resources a country with few mineral resources All countries are being asked to cut down on their use of non-renewable resources. Investors agreed to pool their resources to develop the property.· The government has squandered the country’s precious resources.
a programme to redistribute wealth from the rich to the poor an industry based on renewable resources There was fierce competition for the scarce resources. The program wasn’t adequately resourced.GRAMMAR Resource is usually passive.