2. (Economics) material wealth owned by an individual or business enterprise 3. (Economics) wealth available for or capable of use in the production of further wealth, as by industrial investment 4. make capital of make capital out of to get advantage from 5. (Government, Politics & Diplomac...
According to thelaw of diminishing marginal returns, by definition, in most sectors, eventually the MPL will decrease. Based on this law: as units of one input are added (with all other inputs held constant) a point will be reached where the resulting additions to output will begin to decr...
1. (Economics) the amount of monetary or other returns, either earned or unearned, accruing over a given period of time 2. (Commerce) receipts; revenue 3. rare an inflow or influx [C13 (in the sense: arrival, entrance): from Old English incumen a coming in] Collins English Dictionary ...
``Pre["e]mployed by him.' --Shak. UnemployedUnemployed Un`em*ployed", a. 1. Not employed in manual or other labor; having no regular work. 2. Not invested or used; as, unemployed capital. UnemploymentUnemployment Un`em*ploy"ment, n. Quality or state of being not employed; -- ...
"Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon. To control inflation, you need to control the money supply."Milton Friedman, Nobel Laureate in Economics. As money supply exploded 3,000% - - The dollar's purchasing power collapsed 85%, ...
complement inGrammar topic com‧ple‧ment2/ˈkɒmpləmənt$ˈkɑːm-/AWLnoun[countable]1someone or something thatemphasizesthe good qualities of another person or thingcomplement toThis wine would be a nice complement to grilled dishes.2the number orquantityneeded to make a group...
market placeN→plazaf(del mercado); (=world of trade) →mercadom market potentialN→potencialmcomercial market priceN→preciomdemercado market ratesNPL→preciosmpldelmercado(Fin) →cotizacionesfpl market researchN→estudiosmpldemercados market researcherN→investigador(a)m/fdemercados ...
See alsodues and payment;economics;money. acceptance 1.the acknowledgment of a bill of exchange, in writing across the back, binding the acceptor to make payment. 2.the bill so endorsed. actuary a statistician of an insurance company who calculates risks and premiums. ...
See alsodues and payment;economics;finance;poverty;trade. agiotage the business of buying and selling the curreneies of various countries by taking advantage of differences in rates of exchange.— agio,n. anatocism the act of lending with interest. ...
Related to Economics Indicators:lagging economic indicator,Leading Indicators in·di·ca·tor (ĭn′dĭ-kā′tər) n. 1.One that indicates, especially: a.A pointer or an index. b.An instrument used to monitor the operation or condition of an engine, furnace, electrical network, reservoir...