But according to the theory of the externality of relations, terms acquire from their new relations an added character, which does not either condition, or necessarily alter, the character which they already possess.
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Externality
//ɛkstəˈnælɪti//
Synonyms for "externality" (11 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Related words (5)
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26 translations across 14 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- արտաքին ազդակ noun (impact on any party not involved in a given economic transaction)
Catalan
2 entries- efecte extern noun (impact on any party not involved in a given economic transaction)
- externalitat noun (impact on any party not involved in a given economic transaction)
Czech
1 entries- externalita noun (impact on any party not involved in a given economic transaction)
Estonian
1 entries- välismõju noun (impact on any party not involved in a given economic transaction)
Finnish
4 entries- ulkoisvaikutus noun (impact on any party not involved in a given economic transaction)
- ulkopuolinen noun (thing that is external relative to something else)
- ulkopuolisuus noun (state of being external)
- ulkopuolisuus noun (thing that is external relative to something else)
French
1 entries- externalité noun (impact on any party not involved in a given economic transaction)
German
2 entries- Externalität noun (impact on any party not involved in a given economic transaction)
- externer Effekt noun (impact on any party not involved in a given economic transaction)
Khmer
1 entries- ពហិភាព noun (impact on any party not involved in a given economic transaction)
Romanian
2 entries- externalitate noun (state of being external)
- externalitate noun (impact on any party not involved in a given economic transaction)
Russian
2 entries- вне́шний эффе́кт noun (impact on any party not involved in a given economic transaction)
- экстерна́лия noun (impact on any party not involved in a given economic transaction)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- eksternalija noun (impact on any party not involved in a given economic transaction)
- eksternost noun (state of being external)
- eksternost noun (thing that is external relative to something else)
- eksternost noun (impact on any party not involved in a given economic transaction)
Spanish
2 entries- exterioridad noun (state of being external)
- externalidad noun (impact on any party not involved in a given economic transaction)
Swedish
1 entries- extern effekt noun (impact on any party not involved in a given economic transaction)
Ukrainian
2 entries- екстерна́лія noun (impact on any party not involved in a given economic transaction)
- зовнішній ефект noun (impact on any party not involved in a given economic transaction)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Waste is a negative externality arising from consumption.
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"(1) Each agency shall identify in writing the specific market failure (such as externalities, market power, lack of information) or other specific problem that it intends to address (including, where applicable, the failures of public institutions) that warrant new agency action, as well as assess the significance of that problem, to enable assessment of whether any new regulation is warranted."
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Pigouvian taxes are meant to internalize ‘externalities’, generally understood to be positive or negative side-effects from economic production that are not reflected in the price of production.
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