Economy

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Related terms 1.4.2 Translations

English

Etymology

From Latin oeconomia < Greek οικονομία ('household management') < οίκος (house) and νόμος (law).

Pronunciation

• AHD: /ĕ'kô'nô'mĕ/

Adjective

economy

1. cheap; using minimal resources.

   "He bought an economy car."

Noun

economy (plural: economies)

1. The collective focus of the study of money, currency and trade.
2. The overall measure of a currency system; as the national economy.
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Related terms

economic economical economics

economist economize macroeconomics

Translations

Chinese: 經濟/经济 (jÄ«ng jì) Estonian: majandus Danish: økonomi ? French: économie f. German: Ökonomie f. Greek: οικονομία (oikonomía) f. Ido: ekonomi Italian: economia f. Korean: 경제 (gyeongje) Kurdish: aborî f., ekonomî f., îqtisad f. Latin: oeconomia, œconomia f.

Luxembourgian: ökonomie ? Malaysian: ekonomi Norwegian: økonomi ? f. Portuguese: cheap: econômico m.; science: economia f. Serbian: Cyrillic: економија f. Roman: ekonomija f. Spanish: economía f. Turkish: ekonomi

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