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Definition of Desirability

1. Noun. The quality of being worthy of desiring.

Definition of Desirability

1. n. The state or quality of being desirable; desirableness.

Definition of Desirability

1. Noun. The state of being desirable. ¹

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Definition of Desirability

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Desirability

Literary usage of Desirability

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elementary Principles of Economics by Irving Fisher (1912)
"Some Remarks on desirability The total quantity of goods whose marginal ... For instance, by the marginal desirability of coal to an individual may be meant ..."

2. Introduction to Economics by John Roscoe Turner (1919)
"Total desirability, a2. Graphic illustration of equal ... Marginal desirability. 25. The tendency to equality of marginal ..."

3. The Rate of Interest: Its Nature, Determination and Relation to Economic by Irving Fisher (1907)
"To make this clear, let us consider, on any of the iso-desirability curves, such as 70-70, ... The loss in desirability by surrendering MS is represented by ..."

4. The Nature of Capital and Income by Irving Fisher (1906)
"§2 The desirability, then, of any particular goods, at any particular time, ... What is here called desirability is identical with what has usually been ..."

5. Proceedings by Minnesota State Conference of Social Work, Minnesota State Conference of Charities and Correction (1905)
"desirability OF EXTENDING THE JUVENILE COURT. and dependents, the spirit of the law has been to restrain the child, rather than to punish him ; and, ..."

6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1907)
"T/tt desirability «/ Promoting County Photographic Purveys. ... 1893 a paper upon ' The desirability of an International Bureau ; established (1) to record, ..."

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