Look up: propensity

1. propensity
   the willingness of private entrepreneurs to spend on capital goods Category: Economics
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2. Propensity
   Pro·pen'si·ty noun ; plural Propensities The quality or state of being propense; natural inclination; disposition to do good or evil; bias; bent; tendency. 'A propensity to utter blasphemy.' Macaulay. Syn. -- Dispos...
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3. propensity
   noun a disposition to behave in a certain way; `the aptness of iron to rust`; `the propensity of disease to spread`
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4. Propensity
   • (n.) The quality or state of being propense; natural inclination; disposition to do good or evil; bias; bent; tendency.
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5. propensity
   propensity 1. A tendency to demonstrate a particular behavior. 2. A natural inclination or tendency to behave in a certain way: 'She had a propensity to talk too much.' 3. A tendency towards a particular way of behaving; especially, a bad one. 4. Etymology: 'a disposition to favor', from propense...
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6. Propensity
   The extent to which an economic agent is inclined to use income for a particular purpose, such as the (marginal or average) propensity to import, or propensity to consume, measured as the fraction of income (or of a change in income, if marginal) devoted to the activity.
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7. propensity
   
   • an inclination to do something
   • a natural inclination
   • a disposition to behave in a certain way
   
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8. Propensity
   (Lat. propensio, from propendere, to hang forth) A term used to designate a mental appetite or desire. See Appetition. Hume applied the term to the tendency of the mind to pass from one to the other of two associated ideas. -- L.W.
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