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endowment effect

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English

Syllables
en-dow-men-t -ef-fect
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The tendency of people to retain an object they own rather than acquire that same object when they do not own it.

Inflected Forms

endowment effects (plural)

Questions

What does endowment effect mean?
The tendency of people to retain an object they own rather than acquire that same object when they do not own it.

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