The additional benefit arising from a unit increase in a particular activity.
〔经济〕边际效益
Example sentencesExamples
This process of reallocation should continue until the ratios of marginal benefit to marginal cost for the programmes are equal, maximising total patient benefit across the two programmes.
For any given level of deforestation the marginal benefits to the farmer of clearing decreases with the cumulative area logged.
If the marginal benefit per pound spent from programme A is greater than that for B, resources should be taken from B and given to A.
One other way of interpreting this result is in terms of diminishing marginal benefits.
An oil spill insurance market might help to discover the point at which the marginal benefit of spill-prevention technology equals the marginal cost.
Definition of marginal benefit in US English:
marginal benefit
noun
Economics
The additional benefit arising from a unit increase in a particular activity.
〔经济〕边际效益
Example sentencesExamples
This process of reallocation should continue until the ratios of marginal benefit to marginal cost for the programmes are equal, maximising total patient benefit across the two programmes.
One other way of interpreting this result is in terms of diminishing marginal benefits.
An oil spill insurance market might help to discover the point at which the marginal benefit of spill-prevention technology equals the marginal cost.
For any given level of deforestation the marginal benefits to the farmer of clearing decreases with the cumulative area logged.
If the marginal benefit per pound spent from programme A is greater than that for B, resources should be taken from B and given to A.