economics

/ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪks/
noun
  1. The study of how people, businesses, and governments make choices about using resources like money, goods, and labor.
    • The professor wrote a book about the economics of climate change.
    • She is studying economics at university to understand markets.
    • Economics helps explain why prices go up and down.
  2. The financial or economic aspects of a situation or system.
    • We need to consider the economics of running a small farm.
    • The economics of the project did not make sense, so it was canceled.
    • The economics of the new technology are still uncertain.
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