'Economics' definitions:
Definition of 'economics'
From: WordNet
noun
The branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management [syn: economics, economic science, political economy]
Definition of 'Economics'
From: GCIDE
- Economics \E`co*nom"ics\ ([=e]`k[o^]*n[o^]m"[i^]ks), n. [Gr. ta` o'ikonomika`, equiv. to "h o'ikonomi`a. See Economic.]
- 1. The science of household affairs, or of domestic management. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. "In politics and economics." --V. Knox. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Synonyms of 'economics'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Economics'
- Economic,
- Economical,
- Economically,
- Economization,
- Economize,
- Economized,
- Economizer,
- Economizing,
- Voodoo economics,
- department of economics,
- economic aid,
- economic condition,
- economic consumption,
- economic crisis,
- economic expert,
- economic geography,
- economic geology,
- economic growth,
- economic libertarian,
- economic mobilisation,
- economic mobilization,
- economic policy,
- economic process,
- economic rent,
- economic science,
- economic strangulation,
- economic system,
- economic theory,
- economic value,
- economics department,
- economics profession,
- home economics,
- council of economic advisors,
- economic and social council,
- economic commission for africa,
- economic commission for europe,
- european economic community,
- economic and social council commission,
- economic commission for latin america,
- socio-economic class,
- supply-side economics,
- economic commission for asia and the far east