economics

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The study of how money, goods, and services are produced, shared, and used.

   She studied economics before going into banking.

2. 2
   noun

   The financial aspects of a particular situation or activity.

   The economics of running a small bookshop are difficult.

Common collocations

• positive economics Adjective + noun

From economic (noun) (obsolete) + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum, and regular plural forms of nouns). Economic is derived from Middle English economike, iconomique (“household management”), and then: * from Middle French iconomique, oeconomique, and Old French iconomike (“(noun) household management; person in charge of household management; (adjective) relating to household management; relating to domestic or family matters; relating to management of a state; reducing costs or expenses, economical”) (modern French économique); and * from their etymon Latin oeconomicus (“(noun) household m…

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