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Hoover index

Hoover index proper noun: an economic measure equal to the portion of the total community income that would have to be redistributed to establish perfect income uniformity.

Proper noun

the Hoover index

  1. An economic measure equal to the portion of the total community income that would have to be redistributed to establish perfect income uniformity.

Origin of Hoover index

After the economist Edgar Malone Hoover Jr.

Questions about Hoover index

What does Hoover index mean?
Hoover index means an economic measure equal to the portion of the total community income that would have to be redistributed to establish perfect income uniformity.
What part of speech is Hoover index?
Hoover index is a proper noun.

Words near Hoover index in the dictionary

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  10. Hoover wagon
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