| research | systematic investigation to establish facts |
| operations research | research designed to determine most efficient way to do something |
| biological research | scientific research conducted by biologists |
| stemell research | research on stem cells and their use in medicine |
| embryonic stemell research | biological research on stem cells derived from embryos and on their use in medicine |
marketing research
market research | research that gathers and analyzes information about the moving of good or services from producer to consumer |
| product research | marketing research that yields information about desired characteristics of the product or service |
| consumer research | marketing research that yields information about the motives and needs of different classes of consumers |
scientific research
research project | research into questions posed by scientific theories and hypotheses |
| 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 |
Air Force Research Laboratory
AFRL | a United States Air Force defense laboratory responsible for discovering and developing and integrating fighting technologies for aerospace forces |
Army High Performance Computing Research Center
AHPCRC | a United States defense laboratory to conduct research in high-performance computing for defense technology applications, a partnership of government and university and industry |
| auxiliary research submarine | a submarine for research purposes |
lab
laboratory
research lab
research laboratory
science lab
science laboratory | a workplace for the conduct of scientific research |
Naval Research Laboratory
NRL | the United States Navy's defense laboratory that conducts basic and applied research for the Navy in a variety of scientific and technical disciplines |
research center
research facility | a center where research is done |
test rocket
research rocket
test instrument vehicle | a rocket fired for test purposes |
inquiry enquiry
research | a search for knowledge, their pottery deserves more research than it has received |
| empirical research | an empirical search for knowledge |
| 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 |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DARPA | the central research and development organization for the United States Department of Defense, responsible for developing new surveillance technologies since
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Bureau of Intelligence and Research
INR | an agency that is the primary source in the State Department for interpretive analyses of global developments and focal point for policy issues and activities of the Intelligence Community |
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 |
| research colloquium | a colloquium at which the results of (scientific) research are reported |
Advanced Research and Development Activity
ARDA | an agency of the Intelligence Community that conducts advanced research and development related to information technology |
| research staff | a group of associated research workers in a university or library or laboratory |
economy
economic system | the system of production and distribution and consumption |
Casualty Care Research Center
CCRC | an agency in the Department of Defense that is a national center for research on all aspects of injury control and casualty care |
| 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 |
research director
director of research | a supervisor in a research center |
research worker
researcher
investigator | a scientist who devotes himself to doing research |
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) |