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ex ante, adj. (and adv.) phr. Econ.|ɛks ˈæntɪ| [a. mod.L.: cf. ex prep., ante-. First used in this sense in German by G. Myrdal (1933, in F. A. Hayek Beiträge zur Geldtheorie 394).] Based on predicted or expected results; forecast, anticipated. Also transf., and occas. as adv. Opp. *ex post adj. phr.
1937[see *ex post adj. phr.]. 1958W. Stark Sociol. of Knowl. vi. 256 It is the tragedy of all choice in freedom, that the freedom vanishes when the choice is taken... [This] means..that what is in fact only multivocally determined ex ante may appear univocally determined ex post. 1976Times Lit. Suppl. 2 July 826/2 In deciding ex ante upon its research expenditure, the giant must have the large markets of the developed countries in mind. 1982Lloyds Bank Rev. July 1 Lack of equality between ex ante private sector investment and saving at the full employment level of income. 1987Times Lit. Suppl. 24 July 799/1 The ex-ante profitability of investing in the Empire. |