Externality - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Externality :  (noun)

1: the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior; "the outwardness of the world" [syn: outwardness] [ant: inwardness]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Externality : \Ex`ter*nal"i*ty\, n. State of being external; exteriority; (Metaph.) separation from the perceiving mind.

Pressure or resistance necessarily supposes externality in the thing which presses or resists. --A. Smith.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)

Example Usage of Externality

LDJEconomics: Based on the article: "It’s an Externality, stupid—so price it" Climate Change—Some Simple (and Quite Convenient) Truths « http://shar.es/aDnZg
andrewboho: "It’s an Externality, stupid — so price it. " http://bit.ly/85Pp1i
TRANCONA: A common example is of such an Externality is double marginalization.
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