Meaning of ECONOMICS
| Pronunciation: | | `eeku'nâmiks
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| | Definition: | | [n] the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management |
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| | Synonyms: | | economic science, political economy |
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| | See Also: | | econometrics, economic theory, finance, game theory, macroeconomics, microeconomics, social science, supply-side economics, theory of games | |
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| | Definition: | | \E`co*nom"ics\, n. [Gr. ?, equiv. to ? ?. See
{Economic}.]
1. The science of household affairs, or of domestic
management.
2. Political economy; the science of the utilities or the
useful application of wealth or material resources. See
{Political economy}, under {Political}. ``In politics and
economics.'' --V. Knox.
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| | Related Terms: | | classical economics, dynamic economics, econ, econometrics, economic determinism, economic man, economic science, economism, finance, finances, high finance, international banking, investment banking, Keynesian economics, Keynesianism, Lombard Street, money matters, plutology, political economy, the dismal science, theoretical economics, Wall Street banking, world of finance |
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