economics

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: e=co=nom=ics

CIDE DICTIONARY

economics, n. [Gr. ta` o'ikonomika`, equiv. to "h o'ikonomi`a. See Economic.].

•  The science of household affairs, or of domestic management.  [1913 Webster]
•  Political economy; the science of the utilities or the useful application of wealth or material resources; the study of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services of a nation or region, and its effect on the wealth of a country. See Political economy, under Political.  V. Knox.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

economics, n.pl. (treated as sing.)
1 a the science of the production and distribution of wealth. b the application of this to a particular subject (the economics of publishing).
2 the condition of a country etc. as regards material prosperity.

THESAURUS

economics

Keynesian economics, Keynesianism, Lombard Street, Wall Street banking, classical economics, dynamic economics, econ, econometrics, economic determinism, economic man, economic science, economism, finance, finances, high finance, international banking, investment banking, money matters, plutology, political economy, the dismal science, theoretical economics, world of finance

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economics

Conduct

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