Definition Dictionary

Suggesting favorable conditions or a promising outcome.

A framework that weighs the value of future outcomes according to when they occur.

Impartial because one has no personal stake in the outcome.

A possible event or outcome for which one may need to prepare.

A model that reduces the present value of a future outcome by the same proportional factor for each equal unit of delay.

A model of time preference in which the value assigned to a delayed outcome falls sharply at short delays and more gradually at longer delays.

An action taken to change a situation or influence an outcome.

A contrast between appearance and reality or expectation and outcome; in speech, meaning different from the literal words.

Likely or exposed to the possibility of something, often an unfavorable outcome.

A tendency to expect unfavorable outcomes.

Expecting unfavorable outcomes or emphasizing the negative side of a situation.

Crucially important to the development or outcome of something.

Giving disproportionately greater weight to an immediate outcome than to a later one.

A consequence or implication of an action, often part of a complex series of effects.

Confident and hopeful about the outcome.

The stability of a plan or preference as time passes, when relevant information and outcomes otherwise remain unchanged.

Unfavorable to success or a good outcome.

Usefulness; in economics, the satisfaction or value associated with an outcome or choice.