economics

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

eco·nom·ics AW BrE [ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪks] NAmE [ˌiːkəˈnɑːmɪks] BrE [ˌekəˈnɒmɪks] NAmE [ˌekəˈnɑːmɪks] noun
1. uncountable the study of how a society organizes its money, trade and industry
•He studied politics and economics at Yale.
•Keynesian/Marxist economics
see also ↑home economics
2. plural, uncountable the way in which money influences, or is organized within an area of business or society
•The economics of the project are very encouraging.

Word Origin:
[economics] late 16th cent. (denoting the science of household management): from ↑economic + the plural suffix -s, originally on the pattern of Greek ta oikonomika (plural), the name of a treatise by Aristotle. Current senses date from the late 18th cent.

Example Bank:
•trends in modern economics
•Keynesian/Marxist economics
•The economics of maintaining a safe environment are not just the concern of the government.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  economic science, political economy