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In economics, utility is a measure of a certain person's satisfaction from a certain state of the world. Over time, the term has been used with at least two meanings.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utility | is a | measure of a certain person's satisfaction from a certain state of the world | 0.90 | text |
| Utility | is a | utility of an alternative | 0.90 | text |
| Utility | is a | quality in commodities that makes individuals want to buy them | 0.90 | text |
| Jeremy Bentham | instance of | developed by moral philosophers | 0.80 | text |
| John Stuart Mill.In a descriptive context | instance of | developed by moral philosophers | 0.80 | text |
| the term refers to an apparent objective function | instance of | developed by moral philosophers | 0.80 | text |
| Francis Edgeworth | instance of | explored by economists | 0.80 | text |
| Jeremy Bentham | instance of | explored by economists | 0.80 | text |
| underpins the idea that a | instance of | explored by economists | 0.80 | text |
| Utility | has application | Combining | 0.60 | section |
| Utility | has application | In | 0.60 | section |
| Utility | has application | All | 0.60 | section |
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