the law of diminishing returns
1(the law of) diminishing returns — the principle that as expenditure or investment increases each further increase produces a proportionately smaller return. → diminish …
2the law of diminishing returns — ► (the law of) diminishing returns the principle that as expenditure or investment increases each further increase produces a proportionately smaller return. Main Entry: ↑diminish …
3law of diminishing returns — ➔ diminishing returns * * * law of diminishing returns UK US noun [S] (also law of marginal returns) ► ECONOMICS the principle that after a certain point more work, investment, etc. produces smaller and smaller improvements or results: »None of… …
4law of diminishing returns — noun a law affirming that to continue after a certain level of performance has been reached will result in a decline in effectiveness • Hypernyms: ↑law, ↑law of nature * * * : a principle in economics: at any given stage of technological advance… …
5diminishing returns — diˌminishing reˈturns noun [plural] ECONOMICS 1. the idea that a point can be reached where the advantage or profit you are getting stops increasing in relation to the effort you are making: • By the mid 1990s, cost cutting and restructuring were …
6diminishing returns — ► (the law of) diminishing returns the principle that as expenditure or investment increases each further increase produces a proportionately smaller return. Main Entry: ↑diminish …
7Diminishing returns — Economics …
8diminishing returns — 1. any rate of profit, production, benefits, etc., that beyond a certain point fails to increase proportionately with added investment, effort, or skill. 2. Also called law of diminishing returns. Econ. the fact, often stated as a law or… …
9diminishing returns — I. noun plural : a rate of yield that at a certain point fails to increase in proportion to additional investments of labor or capital see law of diminishing returns II. noun plural : benefits that beyond a certain point fail to increase in… …
10law of diminishing returns — noun a) The tendency for a continuing effort toward a particular goal to decline in effectiveness after a certain amount of success has been achieved. b) A relationship between input and output …
