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jam today

jam today noun: the availability of a resource at the present date.

Noun

jam today (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic) The availability of a resource at the present date.
    • The consumption-possibilities curve illustrates the choice which must be made: more jam today means less jam tomorrow; less jam today means more jam tomorrow.1974, Lawrence H. Officer, Lawrence Berk Smith, Issues in Canadian Economics, McGraw-Hill Ryerson, page 336
    • A basic human characteristic is the preference for consumption today over consumption tomorrow. Jam today is always better than jam tomorrow, unless sufficient incentive is offered to forgo the immediate enjoyment of today's jam. This is not because of uncertainty about the likely receipt of...1985, Phillip Crowson, Economics for Managers: A Professionals’ Guide, 3rd edition, Macmillan Press, page 26

Examples of jam today in a sentence

  • Jam today is always better than jam tomorrow, unless sufficient incentive is offered to forgo the immediate enjoyment of today's jam.1985, Phillip Crowson, Economics for Managers: A Professionals’ Guide, 3rd edition, Macmillan Press, page 26:
  • Jam today has therefore to be balanced against jam tomorrow.1985, Joel Mokyr, The Economics of the Industrial Revolution, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, page 216:

Origin of jam today

Analogous to jam tomorrow, replacing tomorrow with today.

Questions about jam today

What does jam today mean?
Jam today means the availability of a resource at the present date.
How do you use jam today in a sentence?
Jam today is always better than jam tomorrow, unless sufficient incentive is offered to forgo the immediate enjoyment of today's jam.
What part of speech is jam today?
Jam today is a noun.

Words near jam today in the dictionary

  1. jam sandwiches
  2. jam session
  3. jam sessions
  4. jam tart
  5. jam tarts
  6. jam today
  7. jam tomorrow
  8. jam up
  9. jam-jar
  10. jam-jar glasses
  11. jam-jars

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