"inferior good" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: inferior goods [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} inferior good (plural inferior goods)
  1. (economics) A good that decreases in demand when consumer income rises; having a negative income elasticity of demand. Wikipedia link: inferior good Categories (topical): Economics Hyponyms: Giffen good
    Sense id: en-inferior_good-en-noun-TzGx1dMj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: economics, science, sciences

Inflected forms

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