比ひ較かく優ゆう位い

noun

comparative advantage

Economics term: the ability to produce a good at a lower opportunity cost than another producer. Often contrasted with 絶対優位 (absolute advantage).

See also: 絶対優位

• 比ひ較かく優ゆう位いの原げん理りは国こく際さい貿ぼう易えきの基き礎そ理り論ろんの一ひとつだ。

  The principle of comparative advantage is one of the fundamental theories of international trade.

• 日本にほんは自じ動どう車しゃ産さん業ぎょうに比ひ較かく優ゆう位いを持もつと言いわれている。

  Japan is said to have a comparative advantage in the automobile industry.