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 |
subject content depicted object | something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation, a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject |
topic subject issue matter | some situation or event that is thought about, he kept drifting off the topic, he had been thinking about the subject for several years, it is a matter for the police |
economic theory | (economics) a theory of commercial activities (such as the production and consumption of goods) |
discipline subject subject area subject field field field of study study bailiwick | a branch of knowledge, in what discipline is his doctorate?, teachers should be well trained in their subject, anthropology is the study of human beings |
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 |
subject | (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence, the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated |
subject | (logic) the first term of a proposition |
nominative nominative case subject case | the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb |
message content subject matter substance | what a communication that is about something is about |
subject topic theme | the subject matter of a conversation or discussion, he didn't want to discuss that subject, it was a very sensitive topic, his letters were always on the theme of love |
short subject | a brief film, often shown prior to showing the feature |
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 |
national subject | a person who owes allegiance to that nation, a monarch has a duty to his subjects |
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 |
subject case guinea pig | a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures, someone who is an object of investigation, the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly, the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities |
vassal liege liegeman liege subject feudatory | a person holding a fief, a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord |
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 |
submit subject | refer for judgment or consideration, The lawyers submitted the material to the court |
subject | make accountable for, He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors |
subject | cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to, He subjected me to his awful poetry, The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills, People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation |
subjugate subject | make subservient, force to submit or subdue |
subject | likely to be affected by something, the bond is subject to taxation, he is subject to fits of depression |
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 |
subject dependent | being under the power or sovereignty of another or others, subject peoples, a dependent prince |
capable open subject | possibly accepting or permitting, a passage capable of misinterpretation, open to interpretation, an issue open to question, the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation |
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 |