marginal utility

nounEconomics.

the extra utility or satisfaction derived by a consumer from the consumption of the last unit of a commodity.

Origin of marginal utility

First recorded in 1920–25

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Guys, debating the best way to cook brussels sprouts is of marginal utility.
Deluded Republican Reformers | Michael Tomasky | February 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The marginal utility of further escalation is rapidly declining.
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There is a definite change in a celebrity's marginal utility from an unexpected weight gain or loss.
Turning Pounds Into Dollars | Johanna Piazza | February 5, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
Economic value is not total utility to an individual, nor marginal utility to an individual, nor is it a mere ratio of exchange.
Social Value | B. M. Anderson
The term, "natural," has misled Wieser, when it leads him to say that marginal utility alone will rule.
Social Value | B. M. Anderson

The garment as a whole is far from being a "marginal utility" to any one; and yet there is something in it that is so.
Essentials of Economic Theory | John Bates Clark
Or is the reigning Austrian economics profound in its reliance upon marginal utility?
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And the increment of utility which she derives from buying this marginal pound we call the "marginal utility" of sugar to her.
Supply and Demand | Hubert D. Henderson

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