Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In entomology, below or posterior to the marginal cell in an insect's wing.
- In zoology, lying below the margin, as the plates in the test of certain starfishes. Also
inferomarginal . - noun One of the plates in the lower row of marginal plates in certain starfishes.
- noun One of the horny plates which cover the under side of turtles, lying between the marginals and abdominal scutes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Below the margin; submarginal.
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- adjective inside the
margin
Etymologies
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Examples
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For those people in the highest tax bracket, the tax rates applicable to the lower income-tax categories are what we economists call inframarginal tax rates and do not affect behavior.
RETURN TO PROSPERITY Arthur B. Laffer 2010
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These lower tax rates are "inframarginal" and don't affect behavior.
The Tax Threat to Prosperity Arthur B. Laffer 2008
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The marginal voters needed for that goal are important, as are the inframarginal voters.
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The first line suggests that the Department would not consider the forgone profits from Route S or the forgone inframarginal profits from Route P as part of avoidable costs for Route P.
TRUTH ON THE MARKET Bruce Kobayashi 2009
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If one used a profit sacrifice test in predatory pricing cases, one would want to consider both the forgone profits for Route S and the forgone inframarginal profits for Route P in calculating whether the shift of capacity and altered prices constitute a profit sacrifice.
TRUTH ON THE MARKET 2009
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However, the second line suggests that the limitation applies only to consideration of reduced inframarginal profits for Route P, which would allow consideration of the forgone profits for Route S.
TRUTH ON THE MARKET 2009
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See, when someone uses marginal analysis to show, unequivocally, that increases (* ahem* marginal increases * ahem*) in unemployment insurance benefits depresses employment, its not ok call them names for not doing inframarginal analysis …
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2. The "what is a vote worth?" question is complicated by the marginal/inframarginal nature of the negotiation.
Archive 2004-09-01 2004
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2. The "what is a vote worth?" question is complicated by the marginal/inframarginal nature of the negotiation.
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The Department consequently will not consider the lost revenues on inframarginal sales as a cost when evaluating predatory pricing claims. "
TRUTH ON THE MARKET 2009
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