Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
lei dos custos relativos crescentes
English translation:
the law of relative increasing costs
Added to glossary by
Margareth Santos
Jul 8, 2011 02:27
12 yrs ago
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Portuguese term
Portugal
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Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal) 
, English (Variant: British)
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
lei dos custos relativos crescentes
Portuguese to English
Bus/Financial
Accounting
Programa de ECONOMIA I do 1º Ano do Bacharelato em Contabilidade e Administração do ISCAL
A frase completa é um tópico:
"2.4 - Lei dos rendimentos decrescentes e lei dos custos relativos crescentes."
A primeira parte da frase já traduzi para: Law of diminishing returns,
mas a 2ª parte da frase - não encontro.
Alguém me saberá ajudar?? Tenho uma certa urgência.... :)
Muitíssimo obrigada!
"2.4 - Lei dos rendimentos decrescentes e lei dos custos relativos crescentes."
A primeira parte da frase já traduzi para: Law of diminishing returns,
mas a 2ª parte da frase - não encontro.
Alguém me saberá ajudar?? Tenho uma certa urgência.... :)
Muitíssimo obrigada!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | the law of relative increasing costs |
TechLawDC
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| 4 +1 | law of increasing relative costs |
SCarlson
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| 4 | the law of diminishing returns |
Mark Robertson
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Proposed translations
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the law of relative increasing costs
(Logically a correlative of the law of diminishing returns.)
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Mark Robertson
Native in English
Translations by lawyers for lawyers
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English
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the law of diminishing returns
The law of diminishing returns (also law of diminishing marginal returns or law of increasing relative cost) states that in all productive processes, adding more of one factor of production, while holding all others constant, will at some point yield lower per-unit returns.[1] HIH
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10 hrs
law of increasing relative costs
I think this word order is more correct, as it is the relative costs that are increasing
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