Jevons

[ jev-uhnz ]

noun
  1. William Stanley, 1835–82, English economist and logician.

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How to use Jevons in a sentence

  • Few students of social conditions have left so noteworthy an impress on contemporary thought as the late William Stanley Jevons.

British Dictionary definitions for Jevons

Jevons

/ (ˈdʒɛvənz) /


noun
  1. William Stanley. 1835–82, English economist and logician: introduced the concept of final or marginal utility in The Theory of Political Economy (1871)

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