Economics

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  economics
       n : the branch of social science that deals with the production
           and distribution and consumption of goods and services
           and their management [syn: {economic science}, {political
           economy}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "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