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Phrases 23
- marginal costThe increase in cost that accompanies a unit increase in output; the unit cost of that additional output; the partial derivative of the cost function with respect to output.
- marginal costsplural of marginal cost: The increase in cost that accompanies a unit increase in output; the unit cost of that additional output; the partial derivative of the cost function with respect to output.
- marginal seaA part of ocean partially enclosed by land such as islands, archipelagos, or peninsulas.
- marginal noteA note in the margin of a document.
- marginal utilityThe additional utility to a consumer from an additional unit of an economic good.
- marginal cost of capitalThe cost of the marginal unit of capital that a firm could raise.
- marginal analysisA theory that attempts to explain the discrepancy in the value of goods and services by reference to their secondary, or marginal, utility.
- marginal benefitThe extra benefit received from a unit increase in the consumption of a good or service. It is calculated as the increase in total benefit divided by the increase in consumption.
- marginal distributionThe projection of a joint probability distribution onto one of its component random variables.
- marginal seasplural of marginal sea: A part of ocean partially enclosed by land such as islands, archipelagos, or peninsulas.
- marginal utilitiesplural of marginal utility: The additional utility to a consumer from an additional unit of an economic good.
- marginal farmerA farmer with a bare subsistence level of income from their own land, sometimes working as an agricultural laborer.
- marginal wharfA type of wharf stationed to the entire shoreline, as opposed to only a certain portion of it.
- ice-marginalRelating to a volcanic eruption that is neither supraglacial nor subglacial, but where the lava flow comes into direct contact with the margin of a glacier or ice sheet.
- marginal benefitsplural of marginal benefit: The extra benefit received from a unit increase in the consumption of a good or service. It is calculated as the increase in total benefit divided by the increase in consumption.
- marginal creditA method by which a merchant at home can render bills drawn upon him abroad saleable there, by associating a well-known banker's name on their margin with his own.
- marginal distributionsplural of marginal distribution: The projection of a joint probability distribution onto one of its component random variables.
- marginal farmersplural of marginal farmer: A farmer with a bare subsistence level of income from their own land, sometimes working as an agricultural laborer.
- marginal notesplural of marginal note: A note in the margin of a document.
- law of diminishing marginal utilityThe theory that as the quantity of a good or service consumed increases, the additional satisfaction (marginal utility) gained from each additional unit decreases, reflecting a general decline in utility for each successive unit consumed.
- marginal wharvesplural of marginal wharf: A type of wharf stationed to the entire shoreline, as opposed to only a certain portion of it.
- marginal wharfsplural of marginal wharf: A type of wharf stationed to the entire shoreline, as opposed to only a certain portion of it.
- laws of diminishing marginal utilityplural of law of diminishing marginal utility: The theory that as the quantity of a good or service consumed increases, the additional satisfaction (marginal utility) gained from each additional unit decreases, reflecting a general decline …
Compound words 40
- callosomarginalRelating to the sulcus between the corpus callosum and the cingulate gyrus.
- inframarginalinside the margin
- septomarginalRelating to, or situated at the margin of a septum.
- antemarginalLocated a little within the margin.
- cingulomarginalcingular and marginal
- dorsomarginaldorsal and marginal
- epimarginalSituated above a margin or edge
- extramarginalBelow the limit of consciousness.
- inferomarginalLocated below a margin
- marginalisticTending towards marginalism; having the characteristic of being marginal.