economics

n. study of the management of goods and services

This article is about the social science that studies the Economy. For other meanings see Economy (disambiguation). Economics is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Greek for oikos (house) and nomos (custom or law), hence "rules of the house(hold)."
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Noun
1. the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management
(synonym) economic science, political economy
(hypernym) social science
(hyponym) econometrics
(part-meronym) economic theory
(class) easy

(n.)
The science of household affairs, or of domestic management.
  

(n.)
Political economy; the science of the utilities or the useful application of wealth or material resources. See Political economy, under Political.