Pareto
Americannoun
noun
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Vilfredo (vilˈfreːdo). 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist. He anticipated Fascist principles of government in his Mind and Society (1916)
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(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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Pareto Securities analyst Anders Roslund said the weaker result was entirely due to the drastic fall in orders and supply chain distortions in its vacuum division.
From Reuters • Jan. 26, 2023
Luke Olson, a senior associate with GTM Architects in Bethesda, Md.; and Lindsay Reishman, founding partner of Pareto and the Reishman Group.
From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2022
Tonaki advanced to the women’s final by defeating Eva Csernoviczki of Hungary in her first match and then 2016 gold medalist Paula Pareto of Argentina in the quarterfinals.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2021
The house has become the co-working space for several of the new companies that Mr. Oringer has invested in through Pareto Holdings, a fund that he and Edward Lando created to invest in Miami start-ups.
From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2021
The first authors have received a lot of attention, but did not succeed in finding a Pareto improving solution to current unemployment.
From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Colignatus, Thomas
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