Pareto

[ pah-re-taw ]

/ pɑˈrɛ tɔ /

noun

Vil·fre·do

[veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/, 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.

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Examples from the Web for pareto

The extreme abstraction of the utility school is made very clear by Pareto, op.
Social Value|B. M. Anderson
He had to find some way of discovering what Pareto Extrapolations were—without uncovering his own lack of knowledge.
Planet of the Damned|Harry Harrison
In this work the researches of Italian writers, such as Pantaleoni and Pareto, are of conspicuous importance.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia|Various
Now no quantity of value, irrespective of the particular holder of the good, emerges for Pareto.
Social Value|B. M. Anderson

Comparative historians like Spengler, Pareto and Toynbee realized that history did not merely happen but had some kind of pattern.
The Sensitive Man|Poul William Anderson

British Dictionary definitions for pareto

Pareto

/ (Italian paˈrɛːto) /

noun

Vilfredo (vilˈfreːdo). 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist. He anticipated Fascist principles of government in his Mind and Society (1916)

(modifier) denoting a law, mathematical formula, etc, originally used by Pareto to express the frequency distribution of incomes in a society

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Word Origin and History for pareto

Pareto

1920, in reference to the work of Italian economist Vilfredo Federico Pareto (1848-1923). Related: Paretan.