Associations to the word «Externality»

Wiktionary

EXTERNALITY, noun. (uncountable) The state of being external or externalized.
EXTERNALITY, noun. (countable) A thing that is external relative to something else.
EXTERNALITY, noun. (economics) (countable) An impact, positive or negative, on any party not involved in a given economic transaction or act.

Dictionary definition

EXTERNALITY, noun. The quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior; "the outwardness of the world".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats