pareto

noun

1. Vil·fre·do [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/, 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.

noun

1. Vilfredo (vilˈfreːdo). 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist. He anticipated Fascist principles of government in his Mind and Society (1916)
2. (modifier) denoting a law, mathematical formula, etc, originally used by Pareto to express the frequency distribution of incomes in a society

1920, in reference to the work of Italian economist Vilfredo Federico Pareto (1848-1923). Related: Paretan.