diminishing
21diminishing — Synonyms and related words: abating, allaying, alleviating, assuaging, blunting, chastening, contractive, cushioning, dampening, damping, deadening, declining, decreasing, decrescendo, decrescent, deliquescent, diminuendo, dulling, dwindling,… …
22diminishing — adj. lessening, decreasing, declining, gradually becoming smaller di·min·ish || dɪ mɪnɪʃ v. make smaller, reduce; become smaller …
23diminishing returns — noun plural Date: 1815 1. a rate of yield that beyond a certain point fails to increase in proportion to additional investments of labor or capital 2. benefits that beyond a certain point fail to increase in proportion to extended efforts …
24diminishing returns, law of — Economic law stating that if one input used in the manufacture of a product is increased while all other inputs remain fixed, a point will eventually be reached at which the input yields progressively smaller increases in output. For example, a… …
25Diminishing glass — Уменьшительная лупа …
26diminishing returns — principle that (after a certain point) increasing only one factor of production while others remain the same will eventually result in lower output …
27diminishing-balance method — reducing balance method A method of computing the depreciation of a fixed asset in an accounting period, in which the percentage to be charged against income is based on the depreciated value at the beginning of the period (see net book value).… …
28diminishing-balance method — reducing balance method A method of computing the depreciation of a fixed asset in an accounting period, in which the percentage to be charged against income is based on the depreciated value at the beginning of the period (see net book value).… …
29diminishing returns — 1. The notion that the incremental satisfaction derived from the consumption of a good or the use of a service decreases with each additional unit. For example, a smoker may derive a great deal of satisfaction, or *utility from the first… …
30diminishing returns — UK [dɪˌmɪnɪʃɪŋ rɪˈtɜː(r)nz] / US [dɪˌmɪnɪʃɪŋ rɪˈtɜrnz] noun [plural] business a situation in which benefits or profits do not increase enough to make it worth making more effort or spending more money …
