Word Meanings - CONSUMERSSURPLUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The excess that a purchaser would be willing to pay for a commodity over that he does pay, rather than go without the commodity; -- called also consumer's rent. The price which a person pays for a thing can never exceed, and seldom comes up to, that which he would be willing to pay rather than go without it. . . . The excess of the price which he would be willing to pay rather than go without it, over that which he actually does pay, is the economic measure of this surplus satisfaction. It has some analogies to a rent; but is perhaps best called simply consumer's surplus. Alfred Marshall.

Thalloid
Resembling, or consisting of, thallus.
Thitherto
To that point; so far.
Theogonic
Of or relating to theogony.
Three-leafed
Alt. of Three-leaved
Thermoelectricity
Electricity developed in the action of heat. See the Note under Electricity.
Thuja
A genus of evergreen trees, thickly branched, remarkable for the distichous arrangement of their branches, and having scalelike, closely imbricated, or compressed leaves.
THERMOCHEMICTHERMOCHEMICAL
Of or pertaining to thermochemistry; obtained by, or employed in, thermochemistry.
Excellent
Excelling; surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense; superior; as, an excellent man, artist, citizen, husband, discourse, book, song, etc.; excellent breeding, principles, aims, actio
Thaneship
The state or dignity of a thane; thanehood; also, the seignioralty of a thane.
Thomsonian
Of or pertaining to Thomsonianism.
Theologies
of Theology
Three-way
Connected with, or serving to connect, three channels or pipes; as, a three-way cock or valve.
Thermomultiplier
Same as Thermopile.
Thumper
One who, or that which, thumps.
THERMOSTABLE
Capable of being heated to or somewhat above 55Âº C. without loss of special properties; -- said of immune substances, etc.
Exceptious
Disposed or apt to take exceptions, or to object; captious.
Thickness
The quality or state of being thick (in any of the senses of the adjective).
That
As a demonstrative pronoun (pl. Those), that usually points out, or refers to, a person or thing previously mentioned, or supposed to be understood. That, as a demonstrative, may precede the noun to which it refers; as, that which he has said is
Thoric
Of or pertaining to thorium; designating the compounds of thorium.
Theopneustic
Given by the inspiration of the Spirit of God.

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