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Pareto principle
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English
Etymology
From Vilfredo Pareto, Italian economist.
Proper noun
1
The principle that describes the phenomenon wherein a small percentage of a population accounts for a large proportion of a particular characteristic of that population.
Synonyms
en Pareto's law
en 80-20 rule
en 20-80 rule
Translations
principle
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 帕雷托法則 Pàléituō fǎzé
Czech: cs Paretův princip m
Esperanto: eo principo de Pareto
Finnish: fi Pareton periaate
Russian: ru при́нцип Паре́то m
en eponyms