natural family planning | any of several methods of family planning that do not involve sterilization or contraceptive devices or drugs, coitus is avoided during the fertile time of a woman's menstrual cycle |
birth control birth prevention family planning | limiting the number of children born |
basal body temperature method of family planning basal body temperature method | natural family planning in which the fertile period of the woman's menstrual cycle is inferred by noting the rise in basal body temperature that typically occurs with ovulation |
ovulation method of family planning ovulation method | natural family planning in which the fertile period is inferred from changes in the character and quantity of cervical mucus, ovulation is marked by an increase in mucus that becomes sticky and then clearer and slippery |
planning | the act or process of drawing up plans or layouts for some project or enterprise |
city planning town planning urban planning | determining and drawing up plans for the future physical arrangement and condition of a community |
planning | an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action, the planning was more fun than the trip itself |
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 |
planning preparation provision | the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening, his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties |
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 |
urban planning | the branch of architecture dealing with the design and organization of urban space and activities |
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 |
planning commission | a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments |
economy economic system | the system of production and distribution and consumption |
advisory board planning board | a board appointed to advise the chief administrator |
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 |