marginal utility
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of marginal utility
First recorded in 1920–25
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And it has a marginal utility curve that only helps you so much.
From The Verge ● Mar. 2, 2021
It is to find the highest marginal utility of money.
From Slate ● Apr. 3, 2015
So, the pricing function has organically evolved to take advantage of the marginal utility of money.
From Forbes ● Aug. 5, 2013
It was a thing of marginal utility, perhaps one of the most impractical of compact crossover utility wagons sold in the United States.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2012
We’d get back to our study of marginal utility another day.
From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds
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