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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

"In a like measure"

Hello, i'm trying to figure out what the expression "in a like measure" actually means. Here's the context "The operation of diminishing returns increased in a like measure the cost of all"
  

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You haven't provided enough context to properly understand it. Here is more: ... but this was not emphasised as a cause of variation in the relative price of the individual commodities produced, because the operation of diminishing returns increased in a like measure the cost of all.

  • You haven't provided enough context to properly understand it.
  • Here is more: ...
  • but this was not emphasised as a cause of variation in the relative price of the individual commodities produced, because the operation of diminishing returns increased in a like measure the cost of all.
  • It is saying that the cost of all commodities increased by the same amount (or by the same percentage, I guess).
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You haven't provided enough context to properly understand it. Here is more:

... but this was not emphasised as a cause of variation in the relative price of the individual commodities produced, because the operation of diminishing returns increased in a like measure the cost of all.

It is saying that the cost of all commodities increased by the same amount (or by the sam

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