Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quasi-rent

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English

Syllables: quasi-rent
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The income earned, in excess of post-investment opportunity cost, by a sunk cost investment.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Italic *kʷis Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷos Proto-Italic *kʷoi Latin quam Proto-Indo-European *sóder. Proto-Italic *sei Latin sī univ. Latin quasī̆bor. English quasi- English rent English quasi-rent From quasi- + rent.

Inflected Forms

quasi-rents (plural)

Questions

What does quasi-rent mean?: The income earned, in excess of post-investment opportunity cost, by a sunk cost investment.
Where does quasi-rent come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Italic *kʷis Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷos Proto-Italic *kʷoi Latin quam Proto-Indo-European *sóder. Proto-Italic *sei Latin sī univ. Latin quasī̆bor. English quasi- English rent English quasi-rent From quasi- + rent.

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