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MARGINAL COST OF FUNDS

Assuming that a bank’s cost of funds remains the same, this is the cost of funding one additional loan.

MARGINAL EFFICIENCY OF CAPITAL

The last additional capital unit’s annual percentage return. the investment becomes viable at this represented market interest rate. Also known as marginal productivity of capital.

MARGINAL EXTERNAL COST

Total incurred cost change of some households or businesses due to a unit change in other households’ or businesses’ consumption or output.

MARGINAL PLAYER

A company having a relatively minor impact on its own field of operation due to dominating rival companies of greater size and influence. Marginal players are always susceptible to their larger rivals’

MARGINAL COST

Production run’s total cost increase or decrease for making one more item unit. Situational computation: When fixed costs have already been absorbed by the already produced items and only the direct, variable

MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY

With all other factors remaining constant, this is the resulting output change from altering, by one unit, the labor input.

MARGINAL RATE

A taxpayer’s taxation rate on the last income dollar. Earlier income tax rates are lower, and the rates increase at specific income increments as income increases.

MARGINAL PROPERTY

Usable, yet barely profitable, parcel of land or some other concrete entity. When a property fails to return a tangible profit, yet is efficiently used and is a key production process asset,

MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY THEORY OF WAGES

Economic concept that marginal productivity determines labor demand and labor’s marginal product value determines the wage rates. Also known as marginal productivity theory of income distribution.

MARGINAL SOCIAL BENEFIT

An activity’s incremental benefit as perceived by society. Adding marginal external benefit and marginal private benefit results in this value.

MARGINAL TAX RATE

Additional income unit’s paid tax rate. Marginal tax rates increment as income increases in a graduated or progressive tax regimen. The highest marginal tax rate applies to the highest income bracket or

MARGINAL RATE OF TRANSFORMATION

Producer’s substitution rate of a small input variable’s amount for another small input variable’s amount. This rate indicates the opportunity cost of a unit of each commodity in terms of another.

MARGINAL SOCIAL COST

An activity’s incremental cost as perceived by society. Adding marginal external cost and marginal private cost results in this value.

MARGINAL REVENUE

A firm’s gross revenue increase produced when one additional output unit is sold.

MARGINAL BENEFIT

All other factors remaining constant, an activity’s overall benefit increase caused by a unit increase in the level of that activity. Also known as marginal utility.

MANAGEMENT AUDIT

A systematic organizational management assessment. Evaluates sufficiency of methods and policies. Resource administration and use, tactical and strategic planning, and employee and organizational improvement are this action’s focus.

LOT QUANTITY

For a lot: Defined quantity; item count. Another name for lot size.

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