Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

engel's law

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables: en-gel's law
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The relationship whereby, as family income increases, the percentage spent on food decreases, even though the total amount of food expenditure increases.

Etymology

Proposed by the statistician Ernst Engel in 1857.

Questions

What does engel's law mean?: The relationship whereby, as family income increases, the percentage spent on food decreases, even though the total amount of food expenditure increases.
Where does engel's law come from?: Proposed by the statistician Ernst Engel in 1857.

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