staple

(noun)

A basic or essential supply.

Related Terms

  • Price control

Examples of staple in the following topics:

  • Arguments for and Against Government Price Controls

    • First, these regulations can ensure that a basic staple, such as food, remains affordable to most of a country's citizens.
    • During the depression the US government fixed prices on basic staples, such as food, to ensure people would be able to obtain their basic necessities.
  • The Plantation Economy and the Planter Class

    • A plantation economy is based on agricultural mass production, usually of a few staple products grown on large plantations such as tobacco.
    • A plantation economy is based on agricultural mass production, usually of a few staple products grown on large farms called plantations.
  • A Growing Society

    • New England's economy grew steadily over the entire colonial era despite the lack of a staple crop that could be exported.
  • Information Search

    • If the product is considered a staple or something that is frequently purchased, internal information search may be enough to trigger a purchase.
  • Market Demand

    • Two different hypothetical types of goods with upward-sloping demand curves are Giffen goods (an inferior but staple good) and Veblen goods (goods characterized as being more desirable the higher the price; luxury or status items).
  • The Importance of Seed Plants in Human Life

    • Cereals, rich in carbohydrates, provide the staple of many human diets.
    • Staple crops are not the only food derived from seed plants.
  • Agriculture

    • Plantation economy in the Old South was based on agricultural mass production, usually of a few staple products grown on large farms called plantations.
    • After the invention of the cotton gin, short staple cotton could be grown more widely.
  • Cross-Channel Customer Experience

    • A customer enters Staples with cell phone in hand.
    • He has searched the Staple site on his computer and is now accessing it via his mobile phone and has found a desk that he wants to buy.
  • Manufacturing and Trade

    • During these years, the South was known for its production of large staple crops, such as cotton and rice, while the North experienced much more rapid industrialization.
    • After the invention of the cotton gin, short staple cotton could be grown more widely.
  • New France and Louisiana

    • The economic development of New France was marked by the emergence of successive economies based on staple commodities, each of which dictated the political and cultural settings of the time.
    • Furs would soon become the staple goods that would strengthen and drive New France's economy, in particular that of Montreal, for the next century.
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