economy
English
/iːˈkɒn.ə.mi/, /iːˈkɑn.ə.mi/
noun
Definitions
- Effective management of a community or system, or especially its resources.
- The study of money, currency and trade, and the efficient use of resources.
- Frugal use of resources.
- The system of production and distribution and consumption. The overall measure of a currency system; as the national economy.
- (theology) The method of divine government of the world. (See (religion).)
- (US) The part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; economy class.
- (archaic) Management of one’s residency.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin oeconomia (management of household affairs, arrangement, economy) derived from Ancient Greek οἰκονομία (management of a household, administration).
Origin
Ancient Greek
οἰκονομία
Gloss
management of a household, administration
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- agroeconomy English
- bioeconomy English
- cybereconomy English
- diseconomy English
- e-economy English
- economism English
- economywide English
- ineconomy English
- macroeconomy English
- microeconomic English
- microeconomy English
- narcoeconomy English
- palaeoeconomy English
- pharmacoeconomy English
- socioeconomy English
- subeconomy English
- oeconomia Latin
- oeconomicus Latin
- Ökonomie German
- economia Italian
- economie Dutch, Flemish
- oekonomie Dutch, Flemish
- économie French
- эконо́мика Russian
- economía Spanish, Castilian
- νέμω Ancient Greek
- οἰκονομία Ancient Greek
- οἰκονόμος Ancient Greek
- οἶκος Ancient Greek
- økonomi Norwegian Bokmål
- エコノミー Japanese
- økonomi Norwegian Nynorsk
- økonomi Danish
- economia Catalan, Valencian
- eaconomaidh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- ekonomi Malay
- economia Occitan
- ikonomi Tok Pisin