economics
(used with a singular verb) the science that deals with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services, or the material welfare of humankind.
(used with a plural verb) financial considerations; economically significant aspects: What are the economics of such a project?
Origin of economics
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How to use economics in a sentence
That is decidedly not to say that politics and economics are irrelevant.
Today many in the economics and urban planning professions consider such factors close to irrelevant.
The Rustbelt Roars Back From the Dead | Joel Kotkin, Richey Piiparinen | December 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEven with my B.A. in English I can understand the economics involved: lots of cheap labor cheapens labor.
It seems to me that we are dealing with more than bottom-line economics and bottom-squeezing ergonomics.
Flying Coach Is the New Hell: How Airlines Engineer You Out of Room | Clive Irving | November 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe “stretched” cabins in new 737s and A320s transform their economics.
Flying Coach Is the New Hell: How Airlines Engineer You Out of Room | Clive Irving | November 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The economics of war, therefore, has thrown its lurid light upon the economics of peace.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockThis, as a piece of pure economics, does not interest the individual employer a particle.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockIt is the one which is sometimes called in books on economics the case of an unique monopoly.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockProfessor Farnsworth, of the economics department, had invited me on a motor trip for the holidays.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard EatonPotlatch is a wonderful day for children, a glorious introduction to the science of economics.
The Great Potlatch Riots | Allen Kim Lang
British Dictionary definitions for economics
/ (ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪks, ˌɛkə-) /
(functioning as singular) the social science concerned with the production and consumption of goods and services and the analysis of the commercial activities of a society: See also macroeconomics, microeconomics
(functioning as plural) financial aspects: the economics of the project are very doubtful
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Cultural definitions for economics
The science that deals with the production, distribution, and consumption of commodities.
Notes for economics
Notes for economics
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