German-English translation for "verknappen"

"verknappen" English translation

verknappen
transitives Verb | transitive verb v/t <kein ge-; h>

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  • cut down (oder | orod back) on
    verknappen Angebot, Rationen
    verknappen Angebot, Rationen
verknappen
reflexives Verb | reflexive verb v/r

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examples
There has been a credit squeeze pretty much everywhere.
Fast überall haben sich die Kredite verknappt.
Source: Europarl
There is also discrimination if the basic requirements of people are made unnecessarily scarce.
Es entsteht auch Diskriminierung, wenn Grundbedürfnisse der Menschen unnötig verknappt werden.
Source: Europarl
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