economics
Now chiefly home economics: the art or science of household management, especially relating to the appropriate organization of resources; housekeeping.
Noun 2 meanings
Now chiefly home economics: the art or science of household management, especially relating to the appropriate organization of resources; housekeeping.
The study of resource and wealth allocation, consumption, and distribution, of capital and investment, and of management of the factors of production.
“Mary studied economics for five years before going into banking.”
Etymology
From economic (noun) (obsolete) + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum, and regular plural forms of nouns).
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ECONOMICS at a glance
ECONOMICS has 9 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (E 1 + C 3 + O 1 + N 1 + O 1 + M 3 + I 1 + C 3 + S 1) and 19 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,414 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with economics
All rhymes- POLITICS12
- STATISTICS12
- OLYMPICS17
- CRITICS11
- PHYSICS17
- LYRICS11
- CHARACTERISTICS24
- TOPICS10
- ELECTRONICS15
- ETHICS11
- GRAPHICS16
- COMICS12
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- ECONOMIES13
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