| economic strangulation | punishment of a group by cutting off commercial dealings with them, the economic strangulation of the Jews by the Nazi Party |
economic mobilization
economic mobilisation | mobilization of the economy |
bicycle
bike
wheel cycle | a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals |
pedicab
cycle rickshaw | a tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling), used in the Orient for transporting passengers for hire, boys who once pulled rickshaws now pedal pedicabs |
| economic theory | (economics) a theory of commercial activities (such as the production and consumption of goods) |
| economic geology | the branch of geology that deals with economically valuable geological materials |
| economic geography | the branch of geography concerned with the production and distribution of commodities |
economics
economic science
political economy | the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management |
| economic policy | a government policy for maintaining economic growth and tax revenues |
| cycle of rebirth | (Hinduism) repeated rebirth in new forms |
| cycle oscillation | a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon, a year constitutes a cycle of the seasons |
| cardiac cycle | the complete cycle of events in the heart from the beginning of one heart beat to the beginning of the next, an electrical impulse conducted through the heart muscle that constricts the atria which is followed by constriction of the ventricles, the cardiac cycle can be shown on an electrocardiogram |
Carnot cycle
Carnot's ideal cycle | a cycle (of expansion and compression) of an idealized reversible heat engine that does work without loss of heat |
| cycle | a periodically repeated sequence of events, a cycle of reprisal and retaliation |
business cycle
trade cycle | recurring fluctuations in economic activity consisting of recession and recovery and growth and decline |
class stratum
social class
socio-economic class | people having the same social, economic, or educational status, the working class, an emerging professional class |
| Council of Economic Advisors | an executive agency responsible for providing economic advice to the President |
European Union
EU
European Community
EC
European Economic Community
EEC
Common Market
Europe | an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members, he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union |
Economic and Social Council
ECOSOC | a permanent council of the United Nations, responsible for economic and social conditions |
Economic and Social Council commission
ECOSOC commission | a commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations |
| Economic Commission for Africa | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with economic development of African nations |
| Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with economic development of countries in Asia and the Far East |
| Economic Commission for Europe | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with economic development in Europe |
| Economic Commission for Latin America | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with economic development in Latin America |
economy
economic system | the system of production and distribution and consumption |
| cycle | a series of poems or songs on the same theme, Schubert's song cycles |
| economic libertarian | a libertarian who advocates maximizing individual rights and minimizing the role of the state |
economist
economic expert | an expert in the science of economics |
food web
food cycle | (ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains |
| life cycle | a series of stages through which an organism passes between recurrences of a primary stage |
aid
economic aid
financial aid | money to support a worthy person or cause |
economic rent
rent | the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions |
value
economic value | the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else, he tried to estimate the value of the produce at normal prices |
| carbon cycle | a thermonuclear reaction in the interior of stars |
| carbon cycle | the organic circulation of carbon from the atmosphere into organisms and back again |
consumption
economic consumption
usance
use
use of goods and services | (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing, the consumption of energy has increased steadily |
| economic growth | steady growth in the productive capacity of the economy (and so a growth of national income) |
| economic process | any process affecting the production and development and management of material wealth |
Krebs cycle
Krebs citric acid cycle
citric acid cycle
tricarboxylic acid cycle | in all plants and animals: a series of enzymatic reactions in mitochondria involving oxidative metabolism of acetyl compounds to produce high-energy phosphate compounds that are the source of cellular energy |
| life cycle | the course of developmental changes in an organism from fertilized zygote to maturity when another zygote can be produced |
| nitrogen cycle | the circulation of nitrogen, nitrates from the soil are absorbed by plants which are eaten by animals that die and decay returning the nitrogen back to the soil |
vicious circle
vicious cycle | one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first |
| economic condition | the condition of the economy |
depression slump
economic crisis | a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment |
hertz
Hz
cycle per second
cycles
second
cps
cycle | the unit of frequency, one hertz has a periodic interval of one second |
cycle
rhythm
round | an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs, the never-ending cycle of the seasons |
| menstrual cycle | a recurring cycle (beginning at menarche and ending at menopause) in which the endometrial lining of the uterus prepares for pregnancy, if pregnancy does not occur the lining is shed at menstruation, the average menstrual cycle is days |
| cycle | recur in repeating sequences |
bicycle
cycle bike
pedal
wheel | ride a bicycle |
motorbike
motorcycle
cycle | ride a motorcycle |