ceteris paribus

American  

[key-te-rees pah-ri-boos, set-er-is par-uh-buhs] / ˈkeɪ tɛˌris ˈpɑ rɪˌbʊs, ˈsɛt ər ɪs ˈpær ə bəs /

Latin.

1. other things being equal.

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ceteris paribus British  

/ ˈkɛtərɪs ˈpɑːrɪbʊs /

1. other things being equal

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Etymology

Origin of ceteris paribus

C17: Latin

Example Sentences

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ceteris paribus

Keynesian economics suggests that, ceteris paribus, the federal government should run surpluses in the good times and deficits in the bad times, thereby ameliorating the low and high amplitudes of inevitable economic downturns and upturns.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2018

For fresh-eating tomatoes, there's no doubt that you should be growing heirloom varieties, because, sorry y'all, they do taste better than modern hybrids, ceteris paribus.

From Slate ● Aug. 30, 2012

A high DAU to MAU ratio is a great indicator of the strength of user habits and, ceteris paribus, I’d bet on a business with the higher ratio over a competitor every time.

From Forbes ● May 27, 2012

My point is, ceteris paribus, that teen mothers consume additional government resources.

From Economist ● May 17, 2012

As we are so far away it is right, ceteris paribus, in order to insure progress, that confidence be placed in the governor.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 05 of 55 1582-1583 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century by Blair, Emma Helen