- marginal utility
- noun Date: 1890 the amount of additional utility provided by an additional unit of an economic good or service
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Marginal utility — In economics, the marginal utility of a good or service is the utility gained (or lost) from an increase (or decrease) in the consumption of that good or service. Economists sometimes speak of a law of diminishing marginal utility, meaning that… … Wikipedia
marginal utility — Econ. the extra utility or satisfaction derived by a consumer from the consumption of the last unit of a commodity. [1920 25] * * * In economics, the additional satisfaction or benefit (utility) that a consumer derives from buying an additional… … Universalium
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marginal utility — noun The additional utility to a consumer from an additional unit of an economic good … Wiktionary
marginal utility — The change in total satisfaction as a result of consuming one additional unit of a specific good or service. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary … Financial and business terms
marginal utility — profit derived from each additional unit produced by a manufacturer (Economics) … English contemporary dictionary
marginal utility — /ˌmɑ:dʒɪn(ə)l ju: tɪlɪti/ noun satisfaction gained from using one more unit of a product … Marketing dictionary in english
Law Of Diminishing Marginal Utility — A law of economics stating that as a person increases consumption of a product while keeping consumption of other products constant there is a decline in the marginal utility that person derives from consuming each additional unit of that product … Investment dictionary
law of diminishing marginal utility — Econ. the law that for a single consumer the marginal utility of a commodity diminishes for each additional unit of the commodity consumed. * * * … Universalium
