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LEONTIEF

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Overview

LEONTIEF (noun)
  The noun LEONTIEF has 1 sense:

1. United States economist (born in Russia) who devised an input-output method of economic analysis (1906-1999)play

  Familiarity information: LEONTIEF used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


LEONTIEF (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

United States economist (born in Russia) who devised an input-output method of economic analysis (1906-1999)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Leontief; Wassily Leontief

Instance hypernyms:

economic expert; economist (an expert in the science of economics)


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