satisficing behaviour

/ (ˈsætɪsˌfaɪsɪŋ) /

Save This Word!

noun

economics the form of behaviour demonstrated by firms who seek satisfactory profits and satisfactory growth rather than maximum profits

QUIZZES

QUIZ YOURSELF ON “THEIR,” “THERE,” AND “THEY’RE”

Are you aware how often people swap around “their,” “there,” and “they’re”? Prove you have more than a fair grasp over these commonly confused words.

Question 1 of 7

Which one of these commonly confused words can act as an adverb or a pronoun?

their

there

they're

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Words nearby satisficing behaviour

satirist, satirize, satisfaction, satisfactory, satisfice, satisficing behaviour, satisfied, satisfy, sat nav, Sato, Sato Eisaku

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example sentences from the Web for satisficing behaviour

It demands only that judges “shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour.”
Justice Ginsburg Shouldn’t Quit Just Yet|Kevin Bleyer|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Judges, they wrote, “shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour.”
Justice Ginsburg Shouldn’t Quit Just Yet|Kevin Bleyer|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But there is more to this behaviour than intentional amnesia.
Beirut Letter: In Lebanon, Fighting ISIS With Culture and Satire|Kim Ghattas|September 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
How from now on we were going to be seeing in Prince Harry nothing but a model of discretion, seriousness and best behaviour?
Prince Harry Parties TOPLESS|Tom Sykes|July 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Such behaviour in another part of Europe would have meant their certain death.
The Jews Who Fought for Hitler: ‘We Did Not Help the Germans. We Had a Common Enemy’|The Telegraph|March 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Without preface, he abruptly asked, what had been told him of the Duke of Wharton's behaviour the preceding night.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
I need not inquire whether his dismal behaviour was natural or assumed.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens
No one, apparently, took the slightest notice of his absurdly wild behaviour.
Three More John Silence Stories|Algernon Blackwood
What pleased me most was, that both the dress and behaviour of the military young ladies were highly becoming.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer
On all other points it becomes a fair war risk to presume upon their happy-go-lucky behaviour.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton

MEANINGS

WORD GAMES

LEARN

WRITING

WORD OF THE DAY