resourcen.
/rᵻˈzɔːs/, /rᵻˈsɔːs/, U.S. /ˈriˌsɔrs/, /rəˈsɔrs/, /riˈsɔrs/ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [noun]
restoringa1382
reparellingc1410
reduction1447
rehaving1472
redintegration1501
restoration1510
reintegration1570
resource1596
reducement1604
reinstauration1610
retrievala1643
revindication1643
retrievement1657
retrieve1658
recoveringa1660
reviction1679
retrieving1718
revulsionc1760
rehabilitation1830
1596 Z. Jones tr. M. Barleti Hist. G. Castriot i. 19 Rauished with the ioy of his good fortune: and shewing the singular contentment which they had in the resource [Fr. ressource], and restitution of the Albanois name and maiesty.
2. A means of supplying a deficiency or need; something that is a source of help, information, strength, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > source of supply
breastOE
store1297
teata1382
sponge1603
resource1611
fund1628
quarry1630
stock1638
fond1685
feeder1817
stockpile1942
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > resources
facultya1382
myance?a1513
moyen1547
facility1555
means1560
resource1611
foisona1616
wherewith1674
asset1677
stock-in-tradea1806
wherewithal1809
possibles1823
bag of tricks1841
potential1941
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ressource, a resource, new spring.
1644 K. Digby Two Treat. ii. Concl. 457 The first discouerers of the Indies..were precipitated headlong..vpon the foaming sand, from whence they could not hope for a resource.
1669 J. Denham Cato Major iii. 33 For whatsoever from our hand she [sc. the earth] takes, Greater, or less, a vast return she makes, Nor am I only pleas'd with that resource.
1760 Hist. in Ann. Reg. 10/1 Out of the general want a resource arose to their armies, who were the more readily recruited, because the scanty pay..of a soldier became an object of envy to the wretched peasantry.
1771 R. Roberts tr. C. F. X. Millot Elements Hist. France III. 191 Some courageous merchants brought from Peru thirty millions, half of which they lent to the king. This was a precious resource.
1849 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. (new ed.) I. iv. 534 The treasure of the Hotel de Ville..presented an immediate resource.
1883 Harper's Mag. Oct. 724/2 The thorough-bred blood has always been a resource to draw upon to give the trotter ‘game’ and ‘staying’ power.
1923 Times 29 Mar. 12/2 Has the Reparation Commission the right..to consider the whole product of the German Loan as a resource which should be earmarked for reparations?
1965 H. I. Ansoff Corporate Strategy i. 6 A large majority of decisions must be made within the framework of a limited total resource.
1978 Sci. Amer. Nov. 82/3 The very best of them, such as W. F. Leopold's classic Speech Development of a Bilingual Child, continue to be a rich resource for contemporary investigators.
1990 Dog World Dec. 123/1 The plastic bones..are a valuable resource for learning the techniques involved in fracture repair.
3. In plural.
a. Stocks or reserves of money, materials, people, or some other asset, which can be drawn on when necessary.In modern use frequently the second element in compounds. human, learning resources: see the first element.
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1654 R. Loveday tr. G. de Costes de La Calprenède Hymen's Præludia: 2nd Pt. iii. 137 Wanting those great resources that so often crested the Asturians and Cantabrians, they were constrained to beg their peace of Tiberius.
1655 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa IV. ii. vi. 586 I have so many fresh resourses of Men, that [etc.].
1719 P. Horneck High-German Doctor (new ed.) II. 219 Now your Advocates are fled, what Resources of Hope, but in the Mercy of the Great President?
1797 R. Beilby & T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds I. Introd. p. ix The Ostrich..runs with amazing rapidity, and consequently requires similar resources of air.
1800 P. Colquhoun Treat. Commerce & Police R. Thames vi. 237 It was limited with respect to pecuniary Resources.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §5. 392 The new resources of thought and language which literature felt to be at its disposal.
1903 J. M. Falkner Nebuly Coat vi. 83 Mr. Sharnall's resources in the way of men's voices were so limited that he was by no means unused to finding himself short of a voice-part.
1951 Times 6 Jan. 8/5 We found the pressure of economics threatened to render garden maintenance beyond the resources of most of us.
1987 P. Auster Country of Last Things (1988) 105 If we pooled our resources, we might have a chance of making it through the winter.
2000 Today's Parent Oct. 26/1 I found a site..with excellent activities and resources, including a grade-two lesson on birdsong with images and clickable recordings.
b. The collective means possessed by a country or region for its own support, enrichment, or defence.natural resources: see natural adj. and adv. Compounds 2.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > resources > of a country
resources1708
1708 A. Boyer Hist. Reign Queen Anne: Year the Sixth 3 France, whose Resources were never yet so thoroughly known.
1779 E. Burke Let. 22 Aug. in Corr. (1963) IV. 125 The first thing to be done for the defence of a Country is to have its resources and its arms in honest and able hands.
1818 H. T. Colebrooke On Import Colonial Corn 124 That period..when..the country shall be reduced to its own insulated resources.
1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce 2 In speaking of the natural resources of any country we refer to the ore in the mine, the stone unquarried, the timber unfelled [etc.].
1923 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 108 30/2 Germany's resources are infinitely richer than Austria's.
1970 Guardian 9 Nov. 10/2 A country can never recover by persistently under-using its resources, as Britain has done for too long.
2006 New Scientist 17 June 37/2 A sustainable ecological footprint that shares all the world's resources equally among its inhabitants would be 1.8 hectares per person.
c. Personal attributes and capabilities regarded as able to help or sustain one in adverse circumstances. Frequently in to be thrown on one's own resources and variants (cf. throw v.1 Phrases 1b(a)).
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1794 W. Godwin Things as they Are I. iii. 46 Mr. Falkland..was enabled, by his extensive knowledge of the world and acquaintance with his own resources, to perceive almost instantaneously the proceeding it most became him to adopt.
1800 C. Findlater Liberty & Equality 38 Accustomed to depend solely upon his own resources, he neither gives nor expects either counsel or co-operation.
1807 A. M. Porter Hungarian Brothers I. ii. 48 I was then thrown completely upon my own resources.
1865 M. E. Braddon Sir Jasper i That general scragginess which distinguishes the arrangements of a gentleman's servants when they are cast upon their own resources.
1961 E. Taylor In Summer Season x. 213 While they talked, Kate was glad to relax and save her resources until dinner-time.
1989 N. Herman Too Long Child ii. vi. 164 What she may have lacked in money she compensated for with passion and an unwavering belief in his inner resources.
2004 R. Chernow Alexander Hamilton 174 Having been thrown on his own resources at an early age, Hamilton..was far more worldly than Madison.
d. Finance. = asset n. 3.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > management of money > solvency > [noun] > action of placing to one's credit > sum placed to one's credit > assets
discoveries1648
assets1721
resources1825
net asset1863
wasting asset1930
1825 Niles' Weekly Reg. 10 Sept. 31/2 A full and particular account of the affairs of the institution,..its present resources and liabilities, and its future prospects.
1884 Northwestern Reporter 20 796 The receiver, who prepared and put in evidence a statement of resources and liabilities.
1911 H. M. Rowe Bookkeeping & Accountancy 166 The difference shown by a good-will account is considered as a fixed resource (asset), since its value is fixed and it cannot be used as working capital.
1954 Changing Times Oct. 38 You know your resources and liabilities. As a result, you are managing your money instead of letting it manage you.
2002 Making Prop. Work (Land Securities PLC) Mar. 35/1 The Group had a net cash outflow before the use of liquid resources and financing of £219.2m for the year.
4.
a. Possibility of aid or assistance; means of overcoming or mitigating adverse circumstances. Esp. in without resource.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [noun] > possibility of
bieldc1325
recurec1330
resource1651
1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 118 He never fell sans resource, but still rallied his squandred squadrons, and made offensive head againe.]
1651 Honour of Eng. Soldiery 7 The Province is wholy ruinated without restource [sic], and..shortly it will be more desolate than ever Lorrain hath been.
1659 J. Howell Some Prov. French Toung 24/1 in Παροιμιογραϕια I am spoyled, I am utterly undone without resource [Fr. sans resource], or ever being able to rise.
a1690 J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Fourth Pt. (1701) I. 139 This Year..concluded with such a Sparring-Blow as destroy'd almost all hopes of Resource.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 552 Vanquish'd without ressource; laid flat by Fate.
1749 T. Smollett Regicide ii. iv. 21 Nor by an Oath precipitate, involve Thy Fate beyond Resource.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 322 ‘Geneva’, says the historian of this revolution, ‘is lost without resource, in respect to religion, to morals’.
1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci iii. i. 43 For we cannot hope That aid, or retribution, or resource Will arise thence.
1854 J. S. C. Abbott Napoleon (1855) II. xxiv. 442 The flower of the French army was lost without resource.
1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience x. 244 It [sc. the self] is completely bankrupt and without resource, and no works it can accomplish will avail.
1994 K. Binmore Game Theory & Social Contract I. i. 40 Although the commitment ladder has been kicked out from beneath our ingenious slaveholder, he is not left entirely without resource.
b. Recourse to a person or thing for aid or assistance. Frequently in to have resource.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > recourse > [noun]
recourse?c1425
resort?a1439
recurrence1697
resource1720
resorting1778
1720 D. Manley Power of Love iv. 236 But Hymen was his first Relief, he had no resource to any other Deity.
1775 D. Garrick Bon Ton 17 The Ladies have resource to their tongues or their tears, and the gallants to their swords.
1825 Niles' Weekly Reg. 27 Aug. 413/2 The agent..thought proper to have resource to the missionaries and hostile Indians in the nation.
1889 Central Law Jrnl. 28 501/1 Without resource to such notice there would often be a total failure of justice.
1902 Westm. Gaz. 27 May 9/3 Rags are no longer available in sufficient quantities for paper-making. Hence the resource to vegetable fibres.
1958 Times 31 Oct. 11/5 I deplore rough-house methods, whether physical or intellectual, but I deplore even more those who consistently have resource to the latter while condemning the former.
1990 T. Cunliffe Easy on Helm xvi. 131 The job of manoeuvring to a swimmer is better tackled without resource to the engine.
5.
a. An action or strategy which may be resorted to in a difficulty or emergency; an expedient.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > available means or a resource
boota1225
chevisancec1330
shift1523
a help at maw1592
resource1665
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > available means or a resource > a device, contrivance, or expedient > to which one may have recourse
resource1665
1665 W. Temple Let. to Ld. Arlington in Wks. (1731) II. 6 Their last Resourse, which is the Protection of France,..or else a perfect truckling Peace with England.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis x, in tr. Virgil Wks. 513 [He] Us'd Threatnings mix'd with Pray'rs, his last Ressource.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. ii. 317 We had no other resource left than chincing and caulking.
1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xxvi. 12 Many are the resources of courage and poverty.
1854 T. B. Macaulay Atterbury in Encycl. Brit. IV. 188/2 A mind inexhaustibly rich in all the resources of controversy.
1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. ix. 98 Tito began to think that flight was his only resource.
1906 G. R. Sims Living London (rev. ed.) II. 40/1 They..might have no other resource but to sell their sticks and clothes.
1929 R. Graves Good-bye to all That (1995) vii. 45 My last resource was to sham insanity. It succeeded unexpectedly well.
1994 Computer Q. Winter 10/1 Their only resource..is to do an upgrade.
b. A person who or place which may be resorted to in a difficulty or emergency. Now rare.
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1682 tr. R. de Rabutin Loves Empire ii. 147 She..flattered him with the Title of the Refuge of the Afflicted, and the Resource of the Miserable.
1738 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. (ed. 2) I. 282 Taking Syphax himself prisoner, who was the most powerful resource the Carthaginians had.
1802 tr. F.-G. Ducray-Duminil Victor IV. 222 This holy mansion was the resource of young lovers, and the terror of parents.
1867 H. T. Tuckerman Bk. of Artists 98 During his residence in London, he was the resource and oracle of his countrymen engaged in the same pursuit.
1908 Messenger Mar. 269 She was the resource of all, ever ready with helpful sympathy.
6. A means of relaxation or amusement; a leisure occupation. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] > source of amusement or entertainment
mirtha1250
solacec1290
recreationc1400
esbatement1477
pastime1490
pastancea1500
passe-temps1542
entertainment1561
relief?1578
fancy1590
sport1598
abridgement1600
entertain1601
recreative1615
amusatory1618
nutsa1625
diverter1628
recreator1629
passatempo1632
amuser1724
fun1726
dissipation1733
resource1752
distraction1859
enlivening1859
good, clean fun1867
enlivenment1883
light relief1885
laugh1921
not one's scene1962
violon d'Ingres1963
1752 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 5 Mar. (1932) (modernized text) V. 1844 Sloth, indolence, and mollesse are pernicious and unbecoming a young fellow; let them be your resource forty years hence at soonest.
1768 J. Smith Art of Living in London 21 From such like places often you will find A cheap resource to entertain the mind.
1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xiii. 394 The amusements of letters and of devotion, which afford so many resources in solitude.
1837 B. Disraeli Venetia I. 20 Reading had been her chief resource.
1853 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches (1873) II. i. i. 3 He has a resource in the chase, an occupation, ever ready at hand.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 221 We are not over supplied with resources..as yet... I have sent for some books and ordered the weekly papers.
1937 L. C. Knights in Scrutiny 6 140 Which is not surprising in view of her other occupations and resources; visiting, writing and receiving letters, tea-parties and small talk.
7. Capability in devising expedients or in meeting difficulties; practical ingenuity, resourcefulness.
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the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] > resourcefulness
shift1542
shifting1559
resource1788
shiftiness1839
resourcefulness1849
shiftfulness1866
1788 R. Cumberland Observer IV. xcvi. 33 He was of a joyous, social temper; placid, accommodating, full of resource.
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xxii. 171 They are a gentlemanly, well-educated set of men,..full of personal resource.
1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xxii. 371 Resource in difficulties is the distinction of great generals.
1919 P. G. Wodehouse Their Mutual Child i. i. 14 Resource in moments of crisis is largely a matter of preparedness.
1947 Times 11 Aug. 6/7 Active in mind and body, full of resource and endurance, he joined to these qualities a charm of manner and a gaiety of spirit which made us all love him.
2002 R. J. Barman Princess Isabel of Brazil viii. 244 Her creation of an orchid collection..points to her resource, energy, and intelligence in handling topics that interested her.
Compounds
C1. (In sense 2).
a. General attributive.
resource allocation n.
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1937 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 45 242 This pregnant suggestion..is never elaborated, nor is it applied directly to the problem of resource allocation.
2005 Nature 21 Apr. 959/1 A rotation of land stewardship ensured fairness in resource allocation.
resource availability n.
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1915 Daily Kennebec Jrnl. (Augusta, Maine) 28 Jan. 5/4 (heading) Resource Availability. The ready availability of its resources is of supreme importance in the conduct of a reserve bank.
2000 Cultural Survival Q. Fall 18/1 Massive changes in resource availability and damage to the landscape's productive capacity.
resource base n.
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1936 S. Chase Rich Land, Poor Land i. 3 Millions of people have lost their resource base of land, water or mineral deposit.
1991 Fiscal Stud. Aug. 33 The block grant sought to equalise both for variations in need and for variations in resource base between authorities.
resource book n.
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1860 (title) The mother's thorough resource-book.
1940 Musical Times 81 454/1 A ‘resource book’ of indispensable hymns and tunes.
2000 Black Enterprise Mar. 76/2 She recommends consumers refer to resource books..for price and product comparisons.
resource conservation n.
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1909 Indiana (Pa.) Democrat 3 Nov. ‘It is to the people that we must look’ for the strengthening of the resource conservation laws.
1992 W. Rathje & C. Murphy Rubbish! xi. 240 ‘Zero-net-cost’ provisions in municipal recycling contracts..fail to take into account such ancillary benefits of recycling as resource conservation.
resource consumption n.
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1912 Funk & Wagnalls Standard Encycl. VII. 405/2 The nation is awaking to its right to insure its own future in the essential line of resource consumption.
1995 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 10 Aug. 53 (advt.) Discover how green buildings can..improve affordability while reducing resource consumption.
resource content n.
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1938 W. H. Dean Theory Geogr. Location Econ. Activities 10/1 It is based upon the idea of implicit resource content in regions for a given time interval under known techniques.
2008 G. Li & M. B. Huang in G. Buchanan et al. Digital Libraries 307 During the digitizing process, different technology is adopted in accordance with different resource content.
resource depletion n.
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1921 J. E. Pogue Econ. Petroleum ii. 20 A decline curve for the country as a whole, picturing the resource depletion.
1993 Time 22 Mar. 82/2 A coming doomsday of uncontrolled pollution, wild overpopulation, and resource depletion.
resource development n.
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1910 Pacific Monthly May 530/1 Land settlement and resource development demands town and city building.
1999 J. Raban Passage to Juneau vii. 388 Netting a salmon run or denuding a mountain of its trees was called ‘wise use’ or ‘resource development’.
resource exploitation n.
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1914 Proc. 7th Meeting Governors States of Union 77 These western states waged a vigorous campaign of land and resource exploitation in an effort to put their capital on an earning basis.
2005 P. Le Billon in C. R. Flint Geogr. War & Peace xi. 223 Potential sources of conflict that directly or indirectly result from resource exploitation include loss of local livelihoods,..pollution, or forced displacement.
resource guide n.
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1934 Federal Council Bull. Apr. (end matter) (advt.) The book has a bibliography, a resource guide and questions for class treatment.
2006 D. D. Chiras Homeowner's Guide to Renewable Energy 291/1 This resource guide contains a wealth of information.
resource management n.
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1937 Technol. Trends & National Policy including Social Implications of New Inventions (Rep. Subcommittee Technol. to U.S. National Resources Comm.) iii. i. 134 Invention of new socio-technical theories and practices has made possible the demonstration on the national forests of multiple-use land and resource management.
2002 Amer. Indian Q. (Nexis) 31 Oct. 509 If non-Indians can..acknowledge the effectiveness of preconquest Indian resource management regimes, they will recognize Indians as valuable partners in sustainable resource management.
resource mobilization n.
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1915 Chicago Tribune 22 Sept. 4/2 Copies of the first draft of his resource mobilization plans were sent to all executive officers of the government.
2005 A. A. Lacquian Beyond Metropolis iii. 134 One of the most dramatic changes in resource mobilization in Asia has been the rapid emergence of private enterprise in China.
resource use n.
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1934 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 42 670 It is this quantity of the other commodity which is the cost; and neither ‘pain’ nor resource use as such..has anything to do with the case.
2009 New Scientist 17 Jan. 40/2 Its study of behavioural and social dynamics would be concerned with drivers such as an awareness of interdependence in resource use, rather than individual greed.
resource utilization n.
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1926 Jrnl. Farm Econ. 8 112 A basis of fact with reference to farming operation, the efficiency of resource utilization, and other data.
1992 P. W. Birnie & A. E. Boyle Internat. Law & Environment iii. iii. 114 It is possible to envisage..new concepts of ‘international property’ and resource utilization based on different notions of economic security, ecological protection, and common interest.
resource zone n.
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1947 Jrnl. Land & Public Utility Econ. 23 207/1 The outer boundaries of the Soviet Union are..politically adjacent to five significant mineral resource zones.
2008 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 13 Sept. 5 The vast resource zones could end up being contested, by virtue of the land being considered ‘unsettled’.
b. Objective and instrumental.
resource-based adj.
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1950 Jrnl. Farm Econ. 32 784 Resource-based industries and their attendant complex of service industries sprang up and expanded rapidly.
1998 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 20 Feb. a19/5 Our resource-based economy is being buffeted by an Asian market over which the province has no control or influence.
resource-bound adj.
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1947 Southern Econ. Jrnl. 13 257 It is true that many plants are, in effect, resource-bound.
2004 Puget Sound Business Jrnl. (Nexis) 24 Sept. 1 They want to work with us, but they're very resource-bound.
resource-dependent adj.
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1950 Cooperation in Forestry (Rep. Chief Forest Service, U.S. Dept. Agric.) 29 The beneficial effects on recreation, wildlife and other resource-dependent activities.
1970 W. E. Mann Social & Cultural Change in Canada I. 117 Vulnerability to fluctuations in the price and demand for timber, forest products, mining, tree fruits, and fish adds the important elements of uncertainty and fear to the attitudes of people in the company towns and the resource-dependent communities.
2009 Independent (Nexis) 17 Aug. 32 Asia is a lot bigger economically than it used to be, at a resource-dependent stage of its development and is helping driving energy prices back up again.
resource-sharing n.
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1945 N.Y. Times 1 July 4/1 (heading) Economists study resource sharing.
1993 College & Res. Libraries News Apr. 201/1 Issues of copyright and intellectual property, rising serial prices and print versus electronic formats, resource-sharing, networking, and staff development.
resource-supplying adj.
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1969 R. B. Fuller Operating Man. Spaceship Earth ii. 27 They had to control various resource-supplying mines, forests, and lands with which and upon which to build the ships and establish the industries.
2000 Sociol. Perspectives 43 493 Certain areas ended up serving as underdeveloped, resource-supplying peripheries.
C2. General attributive, with first element in plural form (cf. sense 3).
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1909 Acts Legislative Assembly Territory of New Mexico cxi. 322 For the purpose of establishing a Conservation Commission and the making of a Natural Resources Survey of the Territory of New Mexico, the Governor shall appoint..a Resources Commission.
1929 Amer. Econ. Rev. 19 4 The producing of the sewing machine made a drain on the community's economic resources of thirty dollars; or, in other words,..its resources-cost was thirty dollars.
1942 College Eng. 3 691 This handsome book [on the Philippines]..with a resources map.
1955 Harper's Mag. Jan. 12/1 A ranking Administration speaker..said that..the Republican party might ‘have to rethink the power and resources policy’.
1966 Waste Managem. & Control (Comm. on Pollution, U.S. National Acad. of Sci.) 8 It is a resources problem, for most of what we discard as waste was, in an earlier phase, a useful resource or material.
1990 Poetry Rev. Spring 86/2 I am baffled to read that London poets require ‘resources centres’.
2000 J. Habgood in A. Hastings et al. Oxf. Compan. Christian Thought 420/1 When doctors themselves discuss ethical issues, resources allocation is usually near the top of the agenda.
C3. With the sense ‘in terms of resources’, ‘with respect to resources’.
resource-hungry adj.
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1939 Life 4 Sept. 16/2 Poland itself is no mean booty for a resource-hungry dictator.
1997 Guardian 8 Nov. 18/5 The rich, resource-hungry economies of east Asia.
resource-intensive adj.
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1959 Rev. Econ. & Statistics 41 150/2 Trade in semi-manufactures..is by far the most resource-intensive class among non-resource commodities.
2007 Dr. Dobb's Jrnl. Nov. 22/2 The main advantages of distributed computing are increased performance by sharing the load of resource-intensive applications, [etc.].
resource limit n.
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1951 Pacific Affairs 24 429 The time and resource limits which required exclusive use of this method are regrettable.
2004 S. M. Wheeler Planning for Sustainability ii. 22 The human population had reached a situation of ‘overshoot’ in terms of resource limits.
resource-limited adj.
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1960 Amer. Naturalist 94 421 Any population which is not resource-limited must, of course, be limited to a level below that set by its resources.
2005 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A 102 16911/1 Platinum is resource-limited, expensive, and irreversibly inactivated by common trace impurities.
resource-poor adj.
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1946 E. A. Ackerman Japan's Prospect ii. 41 Japan, measured absolutely, is not a resource-poor or have-not nation.
1999 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) June 212/2 Notably resource-poor, Jordan is not a rich country.
resource-rich adj.
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1940 Los Angeles Times 21 Apr. i. 4/4 He had explained to Secretary Hull his government's position with respect to the resource-rich islands.
2005 New Yorker 6 June 59/1 The area around Cordova is resource-rich.
resource-starved adj.
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1959 World Politics 12 66 The perennially resource-starved bloc economies find it much easier to absorb more imports.
1991 ACE Bull. Jan.–Feb. 14/3 A comprehensive coverage of activities for our hard-pressed resource-starved state schools.
resource-wasteful adj.
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1962 J. M. Buchanan & G. Tullock Calculus of Consent xi. 169 This resource-wasteful aspect of majority voting will tend to be reduced in significance.
2006 P. Hellander et al. Greece (Lonely Planet) (ed. 7) 319 Boutaris' next ambitious project is to convince hitherto resource-wasteful Greeks to look more carefully at environmentally friendly resources.
C4.
resource aggregation n. (in network analysis and project planning) the sum total of the resources required for a particular activity during a given period.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > resources > calculated requirements
resource aggregation1966
1966 J. A. Carruthers & A. Battersby in Operational Res. Q. 17 361 Restraints may have been imposed on the resource aggregation function ΓH, k(t).
1989 IMA Jrnl. Math. applied in Business & Industry 2 4 An example of resource aggregation for a lot-size scheduling problem is present in [10].
2008 Future Generation Computer Syst. 24 120/1 The extent of the resource aggregation powered by the computational grids raises the complexity of the runtime environment.
resource area n. (a) an area with (abundant) natural resources; (in later use) esp. (North American) one designated for management and protection by an official agency; (b) a part of school, college, library, etc., in which a collection of learning resources are accessible.
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1927 Salt Lake Tribune 25 May 24/1 A large relief map of the state, upon which will be depicted the principal highways and the various resource areas.
1964 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 23 Aug. (Back to School & College section) 22/3 The central resource area will house the library, audio visual equipment and a science center.
1971 Jrnl. Range Managem. 24 473 This area is in the Pierre Shale Plains and Badlands resource area.
1983 Times 16 Sept. 14/2 Its computer/resource areas will come into use during this term.
1999 High Country News 29 Mar. 8/1 Wyoming's BLM Bighorn Basin Resource Area..shepherded the Big Trails deal to completion.
resource centre n. a library or other facility which houses a collection of (esp. educational) resources.
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society > education > place of education > [noun] > educational institution > library or resource centre
resource centre1944
media centre1970
1944 Amer. Jrnl. Econ. & Sociol. 3 607 The distribution of private and public resource centers and facilities.
1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Feb. 47/1 (advt.) The School has a gymnasium and central library with resource centre.
1971 in T. D. F. Barnard New Direct. in Librarianship 44 There are new trends towards treating the library as a nexus for resource centre development.
2003 Charlotte (N. Carolina) Observer (Nexis) 30 May y1 The four York County school districts each house a resource center, where people can get help from food, housing and health agencies.
resource industry n. originally North American an industry which uses natural resources as its raw materials.
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society > occupation and work > industry > [noun] > types of industry generally
rural industry1735
heavies1900
sunset1906
cottage industry1911
light industry1916
heavy industry1932
resource industry1938
nuclear industry1954
growth industry1957
space industry1957
knowledge industry1959
sex industry1965
sunrise1972
smokestack industry1979
Tayacian1979
sausage fest1995
1938 Univ. Pennsylvania Law Rev. 86 256 Will it prove necessary to distinguish resource industries from the others for purposes of..conservation in the future?
1970 Toronto Daily Star 24 Sept. 1/8 This list..is likely to be lengthened to include some resource industries, pipelines, and possibly steel.
2001 Austral. Financial Rev. (Sydney) 16 Nov. 19/1 (advt.) We are now set to commercialise our award winning products in the international geoscientific and resource industries.
resource person n. chiefly North American a person with expertise in a certain area who may be called upon as necessary to perform a specific task, provide information, etc.
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1930 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 30 1179/1 The leader must be willing to refer questions back to the group and not answer them or call on the resource person until the group has worked with the question awhile.
1973 Arithm. Teacher Feb. 111/1 This gentleman proved to be an excellent resource person throughout the entire project.
1997 San Diego Union-Tribune (Electronic ed.) 24 Sept. b4 What we hope to do each year..is to pursue a distinct theme and then bring in a major figure in that area as a resource person and as something of an inspiration as well.
resource profile n. (in network analysis and project planning) a profile of the resources required for a particular activity.
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1967 A. Battersby Network Anal. (ed. 2) ix. 141 Fig. 9.1 is called a ‘resource profile’ of a project, and it is obtained by ‘resource aggregation’. The resources required by each job are specified when its duration is calculated; then when the scheduled starting times have been decided, the requirements are totalled over concurrent jobs for each discrete time period.
2007 European Jrnl. Operational Res. 181 93 (caption) Resource profile graph for the example network.
resource recovery n. originally North American the process of obtaining useful resources from waste material; spec. the generation of power from waste incineration (frequently attributive).
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1934 Rep. National Planning & Public Wks. (U.S. National Resources Board) v. ii. 409/2 Mining efficiency and resource recovery require orderly and continuous operation and are handicapped by violent change in demand.
2004 Tampa (Florida) Tribune (Nexis) 6 June 1 Pasco County's waste-to-energy resource recovery plant will be at capacity within four to five years.
resource room n. North American a facility within an institution providing specialized resources (esp. for educational purposes); spec. (within a school) a facility reserved for the instruction of children with learning difficulties, behavioural problems, etc.
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1950 News (Newport, Rhode Island) 22 Mar. 10/4 William Ebeling, fifth and sixth grade teacher at Berkeley-Peckham school, told of the new resource room at that school.
1988 Yankee June 18/1 As one who..suffers from dyslexia,..I was placed in a resource room five periods a week. The other kids called it the ‘rubber room’.
2002 N.Y. Times Mag. 28 Apr. 50/4 (advt.) The center has a resource room where women may learn the latest information about everything from heart arrhythmias to prevention of osteoporosis.
resource teacher n. originally North American (a) a teacher who provides educational resources and curriculum advice to other teachers; (b) a teacher who works with special needs or gifted children.
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1942 High School Jrnl. 25 312 Frequent meetings were held between core teachers and other available resource teachers, as well as parents.
1963 Rev. Educ. Res. 33 41 Many visually handicapped children are now able to attend regular classes with or without the help of a resource teacher.
1999 Professionally Speaking Dec. 52/3 The school's resource teachers..were marshalled to both plan and help the teaching team meet its goals.
2006 P. Westwood Teaching & Learning Diffic. ix. 128 In recent years, resource teachers have been encouraged to widen the scope of their remedial help.
resource time n. the length of time a resource is required for a specific project.
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1934 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 42 669 It is possible to measure the cost in terms of resource time, if one prefers.
1964 K. G. Lockyer Introd. Crit. Path Anal. viii. 72 It is necessary to know the amount of work available—that is, the capacity available. This, too, must be specified in resource-time.
1997 R. Kirk Managing Outcomes, Process & Cost i. 24 What does it cost, in terms of resource time and dollars, to do the right thing the right way the first time?
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resourcev.
/rᵻˈzɔːs/, /rᵻˈsɔːs/, U.S. /ˈriˌsɔrs/, /rəˈsɔrs/, /riˈsɔrs/ Originally U.S.
transitive. To provide or supply with resources.
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the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything > with resources
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1917 G. D. Herron Woodrow Wilson & World's Peace vii. 23 All the diverse peoples under former Russian rule..must each be released and resourced to pursue its own indigenous cultural system.
1931 Calif. Law Rev. 19 462 His views are resourced with technology of inquiry and investigation not common among members of the profession.
1979 Observer 23 Sept. 4/8 Social workers have been inadequately trained and inadequately resourced to meet the expectations upon them.
2001 A. Kelly Benchmarking for School Improvem. iv. 38 Senior management..have obligations to resource the benchmarking team adequately.
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