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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural A yield rate that after a certain point fails to increase proportionately to additional outlays of capital or investments of time and labor.
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- noun idiomatic A
condition in which additionalinputs into anorganization ,project orprocess produce progressivelyfewer orlower -quality additionaloutputs , and may, in extreme cases, cause the total quantity or quality of outputs todecrease .
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