Meaning of disaugment | Babel Free

Definitions

To perform the opposite of augmentation upon.

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Examples

“I find⟳ that everlasting treasure / Which force⟳ deprives not, fortune disaugments not; / […]”

“Labor is being disaugmented, so wage rates and incomes per capita are falling. Thus the rate of population growth will be falling . Although the effective supply⟳ of land⟳ is growing at the same rate as the effective supply⟳ of labor[…]”

“First, is the shock⟳ labour- or capital- 'disaugmenting'? To the extent that it destroys buildings and structures, the shock⟳ is capital-disaugmenting, reducing the rate of return⟳ and the incentive to invest⟳.”

“Another aspect highlighted in the second vignette is that participation even without discrepancies, as seen in the first vignette, involves participants exploiting an alternately 'augmented' or 'disaugmented' view⟳.”

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