(also the name of a treatise by Xenophon on the duties of domestic life), hence, "frugal, thrifty," fromoikonomia"household management" (seeeconomy(n.)). Meaning "relating to the science of economics" is from 1835 and now is the main sense,economicalretaining the older one of "...
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Oeconomics (n.) See Economics. Oeconomy (n.) See Economy. Oecumenical (a.) See Ecumenical. Oedema (n.) A swelling from effusion of watery fluid in the cellular tissue beneath the skin or mucous membrance; dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue. Oedematous (a.) Pertaining to, or of...
Economicappeared in the late 1500s, referring to household management, but its sense of relating to a country's wealth first appeared in the 1800s. It's still related toeconomics(the study of the transfer of wealth) oreconomy(a country's wealth), but not thrifty (that's the other one)...
A terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation, as “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely”. aplomb Self-assurance, especially under duress. apocrine Of or relating to certain glands whose secretions are acted upon by bacteria to produce the characteristic...
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Switch to new thesaurus Noun 1. book - a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together); "I am reading a good book on economics" signature - a sheet with several pages printed on it; it folds to page size and is bound with other signatures to ...
The Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) is pleased to announce vacancies as PhD research scholar at the Department of Professional and Intercultural Communication. The department welcomes applications within three fields of research as specified below. Qualifying education in the PhD specialisations in Pr...
Austrian economics 1900s[15] an approach to economics that emphasizes the purposeful decisions of individuals, and which was belatedly recognized by a 1974 Nobel Prize to Friedrich von Hayek; these economic ideas influenced Ludwig von Mises, Ron Paul, and 1987 Nobel Laureate James M. Buchanan. ...
“to trade, deal in, buy,” from merx (genitive mercis) “wares, merchandise,” from Italic root *merk-, possibly from Etruscan, referring to various aspects of economics. Meaning “public building or space where markets are held” first attested mid-13c. Sense of “sales, as controlled ...