Portuguese term (edited): raz�o

According to the definition provided by Webster's:

ratio (raso, -se o) pl. -tios
n.
1 a fixed relation in degree, number, etc. between two similar things; proportion [a ratio of two boys to three girls]
2 Finance the relative value of gold and silver in a currency system based on both
3 Math. the quotient of one quantity divided by another of the same kind, usually expressed as a fraction

Etymology
[L: see reason]

(C)1995 Zane Publishing, Inc. (C)1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.


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Some examples for capital-labor ratio:

[PDF] The Yrjö Jahnsson Working Paper Series in Industrial Economics
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... output-labor ratio, capital-labor ratio and investments. Key Words: Cointegration,
Production Function, VAR-Model, Labor. Markets. ...
www.hanken.fi/portals/ pubmanager/pdf/3-951-555-822-0.pdf

Research Categories: Policy Issues and Strategies
... variables in forms of labor share, wage earnings, profit rate, labor productivity, capital productivity, capital-output ratio, capital-labor ratio. ...
www.info.tdri.or.th/cate_2.htm

Competitiveness, income distribution, and growth in the ...
... of these variables on long-run capacity and growth including profit rate, capital-output ratio, capital- labor ratio, and labour productivity.
www.eldis.org/static/DOC16349.htm

[PDF] Vintage Capital and Technology Adoption: A Survey
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... consumption changes in a way to bring the ratio capital/labor to the level compatible ... suggested by Solow, is replacing the ratio capital/ labor with ...
www.prism.gatech.edu/~mi26/vintage2002comp.pdf