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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

economy

/iˈkɑ.nə.mi/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.87 in modern English

Syllables
econ-o-my
IPA
/iˈkɑ.nə.mi/
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Effective management of a community or system, or especially its resources.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Effective management of a community or system, or especially its resources.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Effective management of a community or system, or especially its resources.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Effective management of a community or system, or especially its resources.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

The study of money, currency and trade, and the efficient use of resources.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Frugal use of resources.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The system of production and distribution and consumption. The overall measure of a currency system; as the national economy.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The method of divine government of the world. (See Economy (religion) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English yconomye, yconomy, borrowed via Old French yconomie or Medieval Latin from Latin oeconomia, from Ancient Greek οἰκονομία (oikonomía, “management of a household, administration”), from οἶκος (oîkos, “house”) + νέμω (némō, “distribute, allocate”). By surface analysis, eco- + -nomy. The first recorded sense of the word economy, found in a work possibly composed in 1440, is “the management of economic affairs”, in this case, of a monastery.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *weyḱ-, yconomye, yconomie, oeconomia, οἰκονομία

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /iˈkɑ.nə.mi/
  • British English: /ɪˈkɒ.nə.mi/

Usage

Inflected Forms

economies (plural) oeconomy (alternative, archaic) œconomy (alternative, archaic)

Derived Forms

agroeconomy bioeconomy cybereconomy diseconomy economic economical economism economist economize economocracy economywide economywise

Phrases

agro-economy attention economy black economy blue economy centrally planned economy circular economy collaborative economy command economy

Frequently Paired Words

macroeconomics microeconomics economics

Synonyms

saving thriftiness economic system

Rhymes With

autonomy astronomy gastronomy taxonomy deuteronomy agronomy metonymy taphonomy aeronomy heteronomy chemotaxonomy toponomy

Questions

How do you pronounce economy?
The recorded pronunciation is /iˈkɑ.nə.mi/.
What does economy mean?
Effective management of a community or system, or especially its resources.
Where does economy come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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