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endowment effects

endowment effects is the plural of endowment effect.

Meaning of endowment effect

Noun

endowment effect (plural endowment effects)

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

Questions about endowment effects

What is endowment effects the plural of?
Endowment effects is the plural of endowment effect.

Words near endowment effects in the dictionary

  1. endowing
  2. endowment
  3. endowment assurance
  4. endowment assurances
  5. endowment effect
  6. endowment effects
  7. endowment mortgage
  8. endowment mortgages
  9. endowment policies
  10. endowment policy
  11. endowment-linked mortgage

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