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  2. Fair allocation of items and money - Wikipedia

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    The winner pays (n-1)/n of his bid; Each of the other agents receives 1/n of his bid; Since the winner is the highest bidder, there is a non-negative surplus; the surplus is divided equally among the agents. The utility of every agent is at least 1/n of the value he attributes to the entire set of objects, so the allocation is proportional. [10]

  3. Compensation and benefits - Wikipedia

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    For example, a workforce with a significant number of parents may value a benefit package which is centred around supporting them and their children. However, those without children, may perceive these benefits as unfair, irrelevant, and a financial disadvantage as they cannot gain the same financial benefits as employees with children.

  4. Pareto efficiency - Wikipedia

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    An example of a Pareto-inefficient distribution of the pie would be allocation of a quarter of the pie to each of the three, with the remainder discarded. [ 32 ] The liberal paradox elaborated by Amartya Sen shows that when people have preferences about what other people do, the goal of Pareto efficiency can come into conflict with the goal of ...

  5. Envy-freeness - Wikipedia

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    Envy-freeness, also known as no-envy, is a criterion for fair division.It says that, when resources are allocated among people with equal rights, each person should receive a share that is, in their eyes, at least as good as the share received by any other agent.

  6. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...

  7. Resource allocation - Wikipedia

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    In economics, the field of public finance deals with three broad areas: macroeconomic stabilization, the distribution of income and wealth, and the allocation of resources. . Much of the study of the allocation of resources is devoted to finding the conditions under which particular mechanisms of resource allocation lead to Pareto efficient outcomes, in which no party's situation can be ...

  8. Synonym (taxonomy) - Wikipedia

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    A homotypic synonym need not share an epithet or name with the correct name; what matters is that it shares the type. For example, the name Taraxacum officinale for a species of dandelion has the same type as Leontodon taraxacum L. The latter is a homotypic synonym of Taraxacum officinale F.H.Wigg.

  9. Welfare spending - Wikipedia

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    In addition, there are tax-financed services such as child benefits (Kindergeld, beginning at €192 per month for the first and second child, €198 for the third and €223 for each child thereafter, until they attain 25 years or receive their first professional qualification), [70] and basic provisions for those unable to work or anyone with ...