economics

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Alternative forms

• œconomics (archaic)

Etymology

From economy, from Latin oeconomia from Ancient Greek οἰκονομία (oikonomia, “management of a household, administration”) from οἶκος (oikos, “house”) + νόμος (nomos, “law”).

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Noun

economics (uncountable)

1. (Social sciences) The study of resource allocation, distribution and consumption; of capital and investment; and of management of the factors of production.

Synonyms

• dismal science
• See also Wikisaurus:economics

Derived terms

• -nomics

Related terms

• economy

Translations

study

Afrikaans: ekonomie Albanian: ekonomia (sq) Arabic: اقتصاد (iqtiṣād) m. Aragonese: economía f. Armenian: տնտեսագիտություն (hy) (tntesagitut'yun) Asturian: economía f. Basque: ekonomia Belarusian: эканоміка f. Bengali: অর্থনীতি (bn) Bosnian: ekonomija (bs) f. Breton: armerzh Bulgarian: икономика (bg) f. Catalan: economia (ca) f. Cebuano: ekonomiks Chinese: Cantonese: 經濟學 (ging1 zai3 hok6) Hakka: kîn-chi-ho̍k Mandarin: 经济学 (jīng jì xúe) Min Nan: keng-chè-ha̍k Chuvash: экономика Croatian: ekonomija (hr) f. Czech: ekonomie (cs) f. Danish: økonomi (da) Dutch: economie (nl) f. Esperanto: ekonomiko Estonian: majandusteadus Finnish: taloustiede (fi), ekonomia (fi), kansantaloustiede (fi) French: économie (fr) f. Friulian: economie f. Galician: economía f. Georgian: ეკონომიკა (ekonomika) German: Ökonomie (de) f., Wirtschaftswissenschaft (de) f. Greek: οικονομικά (el) n. pl. Hebrew: כלכלה (he) f. Hindi: अर्थशास्त्र Hungarian: közgazdaságtan (hu) Icelandic: hagfræði (is) Ido: ekonomiko Indonesian: ilmu ekonomi Interlingua: economia Irish: eacnamaíocht Italian: economia (it) f. Japanese: 経済学 (ja) (keizai-gaku) Javanese: ekonomi Kashubian: ekònomijô Khmer: សេដ្ឋសាស្ត្រ, សេដ្ឋវិទ្យា (km) (sed dhak vi tyea) Korean: 경제학 (gyeongjehak) Kurdish: ئابووری (ku) (aburi)

Kyrgyz: экономика Ladino: ekonomiya f. Lao: ເສດຖະສາດ (lo) Latin: oeconomia (la) f. Latvian: ekonomika Limburgish: Economie Lithuanian: ekonomika (lt) Lojban: dinske (jbo) Lower Sorbian: ekonomija f. Luxembourgish: Economie Macedonian: економија f. Malagasy: toe-karena Malay: ekonomi (ms) Marathi: अर्थशास्त्र Navajo: naʼiiniʼ naalkaah Norman: êcononmie Norwegian: økonomi (no) Occitan: economia f. Pashto: اقتصاد Persian: اقتصاد (fa) (eqtesâd) Polish: ekonomia (pl) f., ekonomika (pl) f. Portuguese: economia (pt) f. Romanian: economie (ro) Russian: экономика (ru) (ekonómika) f. Sanskrit: अर्थशास्त्रं Serbian: економија (sr) f. Sicilian: econumìa f. Slovak: ekonomický systém m. Slovene: ekonomija (sl) f. Somali: dhaqaale Spanish: economía (es) f. Swahili: uchumi (sw) Swedish: ekonomi (sv) Tagalog: ekonomika f. Tamil: பொருளியல் Telugu: ఆర్థిక శాస్త్రము Thai: เศรษฐศาสตร์ (sèttàsàat) Turkish: iktisat (tr) Ukrainian: економіка (uk) f. Urdu: معاشیات Uyghur: ئىقتىسادشۇناسلىق Vietnamese: kinh tế học (vi) Volapük: konömav Welsh: economeg West Frisian: ekonomy Wolof: koom-koom Yiddish: עקאנאמיק (ekonomik)