"additionality" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: additionalities [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English additional Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English additionality From additional + -ity. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|additional|-ity|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English additional Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English additionality [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ty", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-teh₂", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ts", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-teh₂ts", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-itās", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-ite", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ite", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ity", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "additionality", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="additionality"> From additional + -ity. Head templates: {{en-noun}} additionality (plural additionalities)
  1. The property of being additional. Translations (the property of being additional): additionalité [feminine] (French), adicionalidade [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-additionality-en-noun-x3hwm7yv Disambiguation of 'the property of being additional': 99 1
  2. (economics) Net positive difference that results from economic development intervention. The extent to which an activity (and associated outputs, outcomes and impacts) is larger in scale, at a higher quality, takes place quicker, takes place at a different location, or takes place at all as a result of intervention. Additionality measures the net result, taking account of deadweight, leakage, displacement, substitution and economic multipliers.
    Sense id: en-additionality-en-noun-XRBEsMkm Categories (other): Economics, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Terms with French translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 12 88 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 12 88 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 29 71 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 21 79 Topics: economics, sciences

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