economicsnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪks//ek.əˈnɒm.ɪks/us/ˌiː.kəˈnɑː.mɪks//ek.əˈnɑː.mɪks/B1 the way in which trade, industry, or money is organized, or the study of this:
Their ideas sound fine in principle, but they haven't worked out the economics behind the policies.
She's in her third year of studying economics at York University.
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- I'm afraid my grasp of economics is rather limited.
- For the last decade she has acted as the president's economics guru.
- A graduate of law and economics from Moscow State University, he had spent his life in academia.
- Shelley is taking economics at university.
- Both their children graduated with degrees in economics.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Economics
- autarchy
- broad money
- Chancellor of the Exchequer
- consumer price index
- credit crunch
- depressed
- downturn
- expenditure
- GDP per capita
- GNI
- hyperinflation
- market forces
- mixed economy
- pecuniary
- protectionism
- retail price index
- spending
- stall
- trade figures
- upturn
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