noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
marginal
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An important point to remember is that the size of the multiplier depends on the marginal propensities to save and import.
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For example, the marginal propensity to make bequests out of lifetime income may rise with the level of income.
■ VERB
consume
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National income and the average propensity to consume in the United States, 1869- 1928.
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It stabilised demand by income transfers to those who had a high propensity to consume .
save
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An important point to remember is that the size of the multiplier depends on the marginal propensities to save and import.
show
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They showed no propensity towards sloppy kisses.
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Through the first four games, the Bears have shown a propensity for the flags that would make even the Raiders blush.
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This is a Yankees team that has shown a propensity for taking advantage of any opportunities that are handed to them.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All objects have a propensity to move in straight lines, upwards or downwards, towards their natural place.
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He was. a gifted man, but had a propensity for falling into bad associations.
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I can tell about my propensity toward middle age spread simply by trying to fit into my double-breasted blazer.
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In turn, the propensity to marry can be measured by estimating the proportion of women still unmarried at ages 35-44.
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The cousin was Carl Laemmle, founder of Universal Pictures and a man with a sentimental propensity for hiring his relatives.
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The recorded figures exaggerate the increase in victimization which is occurring, mainly because of a greater public propensity to report certain crimes.
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The trouble was that George had a needling propensity for deception that could not be slaked.
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Yet this is exactly the behavioural propensity of the id uncovered by clinical psychoanalysis.