- (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
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ec•o•nom•ics /ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪks, ˌikə-/USA pronunciation
n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Business[uncountable; used with a singular verb] the science that deals with the production, distribution, and use of goods and services, or human welfare.
- Business[plural* used with a plural verb] financial considerations;
aspects (of a situation) that are economically significant.
ec•o•nom•ics
(ek′ə nom′iks, ē′kə-),USA pronunciation n.
- Business(used with a sing. v.) the science that deals with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services, or the material welfare of humankind.
- Business(used with a pl. v.) financial considerations;
economically significant aspects:What are the economics of such a project?
- see economic, -ics 1785–95
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economics /ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪks; ˌɛkə-/ n
'economics' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
agronomics
- bionomics
- crisis
- econ.
- economic
- economist
- Frisch
- Hayek
- home economics
- Kuznets
- linear programming
- LSE
- macroeconomics
- Marshall
- microeconomics
- Nobel prize
- Parkinson's law
- political economy
- PPE
- rival
- social science
- social studies
- take
- Tinbergen
- Webb
- welfare economics
- AHE
- BAE
- B.S.Ec.
- B.S.H.E.
- classical economics
- Clintonomics
- Commonwealth of Nations
- course
- discipline
- domestic science
- Eurocentric
- formal
- fossil
- Four-H Club
- free variation
- geo-economics
- historical
- home ec
- interdisciplinary
- Kantorovich
- liquidity preference
- M.Ag.Ec.
- marketplace
- M.H.E.