(economics) A scenario in which an individual cannot avoid consuming a good or service.

(computational statistics, numerical analysis) A technique used to generate observations from a distribution by repeatedly sampling an approximation function that bounds the distribution everywhere from above and rejecting the samples based on the quotient of the two functions at the sample's location.

(psychology) A tendency to feel deep anxiety and humiliation at the slightest rebuff.

plural of rejection sampling

(statistics) A range of test values for which the null hypothesis is rejected.

plural of rejection region

(manufacturing) An item that is not terminally defective but fails to meet the manufacturer's technical standards for sale through its normal retail channels.

plural of rejection slip

plural of initial reject

(publishing) A standardized message notifying an author that his or her work has not been accepted for publication, ordinarily printed on a small piece of paper and attached to the returned manuscript.