Look up: Externality

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   Externality
   The side effect on an individual or entity due to the actions of another individual or... <a target=_blank href='http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/externality.htm?id=12766&ginPtrCode=00000&PopupMode=false' title='Read full definition of externality'>more</a>
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   externality
   The difference between the social cost or benefit of an economic activity and its private cost or benefit. For example, if a company pollutes the atmosphere but pays nothing to the government or the...
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   externality
   situation that is said to exist when one firm`s production or an individual consumption affects the production process or standard of living of another firm or household in the absence of any market transaction between them Category: Building industry
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   Externality
   Ex`ter·nal'i·ty noun State of being external; exteriority ; (Metaph.) separation from the perceiving mind. « Pressure or resistance necessarily supposes externality in the thing which presses or resists.» A. Smith.
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   externality
   <psychology> State of being external; exteriority; separation from the perceiving mind. 'Pressure or resistance necessarily supposes externality in the thing which presses or resists.' (A. Smith) ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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   Externality
   In economics, an `externality` is an impact (positive or negative) on any party not involved in a given economic transaction. An externality occurs when a decision causes costs or benefits to third party stakeholders, often, although not necessarily, from the use of a public good. In other words, the participants in an economic transaction do not necessarily bear all of the costs or reap all of the benefits of the transaction. For example, manu...
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   externality
   An effect of a purchase or use decision by one set of parties on others who did not have a choice and whose interests were not taken into account. Classic example of a negative externality: pollution, generated by some productive enterprise, and affecting others who had no choice and were probably not taken nto account. Example of a positive extern...
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   Externality
   • (n.) State of being external; exteriority • (n.) separation from the perceiving mind.
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   externality
   externality 1. Ancillary effects of production or consumption for which no internal cost is incurred, typically when the actions of firms and individuals have an effect on others than themselves; such as, pollution of a river that negatively affects the health of people living downstream rather than employees of the firm releasing the harmful material. 2. A ...
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    Externality
    An effect of one economic agent's actions on another, such that one agent's decisions make another better or worse off by changing their utility or cost. Beneficial effects are positive externalities; harmful ones are negative externalities.
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