marginal utility

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1. Noun

The extra benefit a person receives from one more unit.

The additional satisfaction gained from consuming one more unit of a good or service.

“Marginal utility declined after each additional serving.”

2. Noun

(economics) the amount that utility increases with an increase of one unit of an economic good or service
Vocabulary classified under Economics
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