Hypertext Webster Gateway: "economics"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Economics \E`co*nom"ics\, n. [Gr. ?, equiv. to ? ?. See
{Economic}.]
1. The science of household affairs, or of domestic
management.
2. Political economy; the science of the utilities or the
useful application of wealth or material resources. See
{Political economy}, under {Political}. ``In politics and
economics.'' --V. Knox.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}]
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