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economics noun pl. (usu. treated as sing.). Also (earlier) oeconomics. L16.
[from ECONOMIC + -S1, orig. after Latin oeconomica, Greek ta oikonomika, a treatise by Aristotle.]
a. (A treatise on) household management. Cf. ECONOMIC noun. L16-L18.
b. The management of private or domestic finances; pecuniary position, monetary matters. M19.
Carlyle The family economics getting yearly more propitious.
The branch of knowledge that deals with the production and distribution of wealth in theory and practice; the application of this discipline to a particular sphere; the condition of a State etc. as regards material prosperity; the financial considerations attaching to a particular activity, commodity, etc. L18.
M. Pyke One of the principles of economics unfortunately is, that in times of scarcity prices rise. J. S. Foster His choices must be made in terms of..the economics of the end result.