"qualculation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: qualculations [plural]
Etymology: Blend of quality + calculation. Coined by sociologist Franck Cochoy in 2002. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|quality|calculation}} Blend of quality + calculation, {{coinage|en|Franck Cochoy|in=2002|occ=sociologist|w=-}} Coined by sociologist Franck Cochoy in 2002 Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} qualculation (countable and uncountable, plural qualculations)
  1. (finance) The assessment of calculations by qualitative needs instead of a strict numeric decision. Tags: countable, uncountable Coordinate_terms: calqulation
    Sense id: en-qualculation-en-noun-6R4-Xwnx Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Finance Topics: business, finance

Inflected forms

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