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TOPIK 6noun

한계효용

hangyehyoyong

한계효용이 · 한계효용을

marginal utility

Example

같은 음식을 계속 먹으면 한계효용이 줄어듭니다.

If you keep eating the same food, its marginal utility decreases.

Word parts

한 limit계 boundary효 effect용 use

한계 'marginal' + 효용 'usefulness, utility.'

Good to know

Key phrase: 한계효용 체감의 법칙 'the law of diminishing marginal utility.'