Look up: externality

1. 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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2. externality
   The difference between the social cost or benefit of an economic activity and its 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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3. 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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4. 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 n...
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5. Externality
   • (n.) State of being external; exteriority • (n.) separation from the perceiving mind.
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6. 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 tha...
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7. 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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8. Externality
   In economics, an `externality` (or transaction `spillover`) is a cost or benefit, not transmitted through prices, incurred by a party who did not agree to the action causing the cost or benefit. A benefit in this case is called a `positive externality` or `external benefit`, while a cost is called a...
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