economics
/ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪks/
Frequency: 4.42 in modern English
Meaning
noun
Now chiefly home economics: the art or science of household management, especially relating to the appropriate organization of resources; housekeeping.
Dated
noun
Now chiefly home economics: the art or science of household management, especially relating to the appropriate organization of resources; housekeeping.
Dated
noun
The study of resource and wealth allocation, consumption, and distribution, of capital and investment, and of management of the factors of production.
noun
The study of resource and wealth allocation, consumption, and distribution, of capital and investment, and of management of the factors of production.
noun
The study of resource and wealth allocation, consumption, and distribution, of capital and investment, and of management of the factors of production.
noun
The study of resource and wealth allocation, consumption, and distribution, of capital and investment, and of management of the factors of production.
noun
plural of economic (“one who is skilled in household management; (Christianity, historical) one who manages the income of a vacant benefice”).
Obsolete
Example Sentences
- "Thus Logick, Phyſicks, Metaphyſicks, are the burden of Volumes, and the dayly entertainment of the Diſputing Schools: vvhile the more profitable doctrines of the Heavens, Meteors, Minerals, Animals; as alſo the more practical ones of Politicks, and Oeconomicks, are ſcarce ſo much as glanc'd at."
- "[H]e now furthermore contrived the scheme of a little Club, where monthly over a frugal dinner some reunion might take place; […] The scheme was approved by the persons concerned: I have a copy of the Original Regulations, probably drawn up by Sterling, a very solid lucid piece of economics; […]"
- "Being now turned of sixteen, and the family economics getting yearly more propitious and flourishing, he, as his brother had already been, was sent to Glasgow University, in which city their Mother had connexions."
- "Mary studied economics for five years before going into banking."
- "The Annals of the French Republic, from the Eſtabliſhment of the Conſtitution of the third Year, 6 vols. 8vo.— […] In the fourth [volume] are military pieces; in the fifth and ſixth, various literary intelligence, and memoranda reſpecting commerce, œconomics, &c. may be found."
- "[L]et him accept and hive every fact of chemistry, natural history, and economics; the more he has, the less is he willing to spare any one."
Etymology
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Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪks/
- British English: /ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪks/