🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

abnehmende Erträge

Pronunciation / Transliteration: abnehmende Erträge

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Diminishing Returns/dɪˈmɪn.ɪʃ.ɪŋ rɪˈtɜrnz/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"In der Landwirtschaft können abnehmende Erträge die Effizienz verringern."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A principle in economics stating that as more of a variable input is added to a fixed input, the additional output produced will eventually decrease.

    "In agriculture, adding more fertilizer to a fixed amount of land may initially increase yield, but after a certain point, the additional yield from each extra unit of fertilizer will diminish."
  2. 2

    A situation in which the benefits gained from an investment or action decrease after a certain point.

    "The company experienced diminishing returns on its marketing efforts after saturating the market with advertisements."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'diminishing returns' originates from economic theory in the early 19th century, particularly associated with the work of economists like David Ricardo. It describes a principle where the incremental output or benefit gained from an additional unit of input decreases as the quantity of input increases.

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