economic rent

noun

the amount of recompense paid to a factor of production on top of its transfer earnings; this does not encompass costs incurred during the process of production or service

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Meanings

nouneconomic rent (plural economic rents)

plural economic rents

  1. economicsthe amount of recompense paid to a factor of production on top of its transfer earnings; this does not encompass costs incurred during the process of production or service

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Tagalog agimating upa
  • agimating upathe amount of recompense paid
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APA

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MLA

“economic rent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/economic%20rent. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “economic rent,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/economic%20rent.

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