Efficiency
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"Efficiency" is an economic term that implies optimal production/consumption of all goods.
Pareto efficiency defines the optimal state as one wherein no one can be made better off without someone being made worse off.
Kaldor-Hicks efficiency defines the optimal state as one wherein all marginal benefits divided by respective prices are equal. (That is, no transfer of production inputs between goods will achieve a better outcome.)