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marginal private cost
marginal product of labour
marginal propensity to consume
marginal propensity to save
marginal revenue
marginal social cost
marginal utility
marginalia
marginalize
marginally
marginate
margravate
margrave
margraviate
margravine
marguerite
Mari
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marginalize
marginalize [ mrjinə līz ] (3rd person present singular marginalizes, present participle marginalizing, past and past participle marginalized) or marginalise [ mrjinə līz ] (3rd person present singular marginalises, present participle marginalising, past and past participle marginalised)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
prevent from having attention or power: to take or keep somebody or something away from the centre of attention, influence, or power

marginalization [ mrjinə lī záysh'n ] noun
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