"marginal utility" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: marginal utilities [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} marginal utility (countable and uncountable, plural marginal utilities)
  1. (economics) The additional utility to a consumer from an additional unit of an economic good. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Economics Derived forms: law of diminishing marginal utility Translations (the additional utility to a consumer from an additional unit of an economic good): 边际效用 (biānjìxiàoyòng) (Chinese Mandarin), marginaal nut [neuter] (Dutch), rajahyöty (Finnish), marginalnytta [common-gender] (Swedish), gränsnytta [common-gender] (Swedish), karagdagang dahat (Tagalog)

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