| 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 |
| 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 |
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 |
| 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 |
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 |
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 |
| 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 |
economic
economical | using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness, an economic use of home heating oil, a modern economical heating system, an economical use of her time |
| economic | financially rewarding, it was no longer economic to keep the factory open, have to keep prices high enough to make it economic to continue the service |
| economic | concerned with worldly necessities of life (especially money), he wrote the book primarily for economic reasons, gave up the large house for economic reasons, in economic terms they are very privileged |
| economic | of or relating to the science of economics, economic theory |
| economic economical | of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth, economic growth, aspects of social, political, and economical life |