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marginal utility

The extra benefit a person receives from one more unit.

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Utility 76% connected

The quality or state of being useful; usefulness; production of good; profitableness to some valuable end; as, the utility of manure upon land; the u…

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the branch of economics that studies the economy of consumers or households or individual firms

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Consumption noun · 85% connection

(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"

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Economic consumption noun · 85% connection

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Economic theory noun · 85% connection

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Gresham's Law noun · 85% connection

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Monopsony noun · 85% connection

(economics) a market in which goods or services are offered by several sellers but there is only one buyer

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Moral hazard noun · 85% connection

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oligopoly noun · 85% connection

(economics) a market in which control over the supply of a commodity is in the hands of a small number of producers and each one can i…

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Production noun · 85% connection

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Productivity noun · 85% connection

(economics) the ratio of the quantity and quality of units produced to the labor per unit of time

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Rent seeking noun · 85% connection

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Spillover noun · 85% connection

(economics) any indirect effect of public expenditure

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Usance noun · 85% connection

(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"

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Ampere noun · 78% connection

The unit of electric current; -- defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by U. S. Statute as, one tenth of the un…

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Batta noun · 78% connection

Extra pay; esp. an extra allowance to an English officer serving in India.

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Beneficiary noun · 78% connection

One who receives anything as a gift; one who receives a benefit or advantage; esp. one who receives help or income from an educational…

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Benefiter noun · 78% connection

One who confers a benefit; -- also, one who receives a benefit.

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Bisque noun · 78% connection

A point taken by the receiver of odds in the game of tennis; also, an extra innings allowed to a weaker player in croquet.

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Bonus noun · 78% connection

An extra dividend to the shareholders of a joint stock company, out of accumulated profits.

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C. G. S. unknown · 78% connection

An abbreviation for Centimeter, Gram, Second. -- applied to a system of units much employed in physical science, based upon the centim…

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Calorie noun · 78% connection

The unit of heat according to the French standard; the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram (sometimes, on…

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Cantering rhythm noun · 78% connection

cardiac rhythm characterized by the presence of an extra sound; can indicate a heart abnormality

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Decillion noun · 78% connection

According to the English notation, a million involved to the tenth power, or a unit with sixty ciphers annexed; according to the Frenc…

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Decimal adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by tens; having a tenfold increase or decrease, each unit being ten times the uni…

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ECC noun · 78% connection

(telecommunication) a coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors

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