Term scarcity Definition: A pervasive condition of human existence that exists because society has unlimited wants and needs, but limited resources used for their satisfaction. In other words, while we all want a bunch of stuff, we can't have everything that we want.
EGYPTIAN FOOT: the toe is longer than the second finger ROMAN FOOT: the toe is as long as the second finger GREEK FOOT: the second finger is longer than the toe.
a tall, aquatic plant, Cyperus papyrus, of the sedge family, native to the Nile valley: the Egyptian subspecies, C. papyrus hadidii, thought to be common in ancient times, now occurs only in several sites. 2.