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utilon

utilon noun: a hypothetical unit measuring satisfaction.

Noun

utilon (plural utilons)

  1. A hypothetical unit measuring satisfaction.
    • However, you have to realize that you should measure the costs and payoffs in utilons, not in dollars. $1 is almost infinitesimally small (in utilons), while $1M payoff is huge - it is perfectly rational to buy the ticket.2011 November 13, Radovan Garabík, “In support of Keith”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <j9o6m2$4kf$1@speranza.aioe.org>
    • A trader or trading firm having zero wealth, I've already said, should be considered infinitely bad. So therefore assign -∞ utilons to zero wealth. Conversely, infinite wealth should probably have infinity utilons, though large numbers might behave oddly.2019 June 18, Agustin Lebron, The Laws of Trading: A Trader's Guide to Better Decision-Making for Everyone, Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 63
    Synonyms:
    util

Synonyms of utilon

Forms of utilon

pluralutilons

Origin of utilon

From util + -on.

Questions about utilon

What does utilon mean?
Utilon means a hypothetical unit measuring satisfaction.
What part of speech is utilon?
Utilon is a noun.
What is the plural of utilon?
The plural of utilon is utilons.

Words near utilon in the dictionary

  1. utilized
  2. utilizer
  3. utilizers
  4. utilizes
  5. utilizing
  6. utilon
  7. utilons
  8. utils
  9. utils.
  10. utinam
  11. utinams

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