a specialist in economics
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
e•con•o•mist
(i kon′ə mist),USA pronunciation n.
- Businessa specialist in economics.
- [Archaic.]a thrifty or frugal person.
- econom(y) + -ist 1580–90
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ec•o•nom•ics /ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪks, ˌikə-/USA pronunciation
n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Business[uncountable; used with a singular verb] the science that deals with the production, distribution, and use of goods and services, or human welfare.
- Business[plural* used with a plural verb] financial considerations;
aspects (of a situation) that are economically significant.
ec•o•nom•ics
(ek′ə nom′iks, ē′kə-),USA pronunciation n.
- Business(used with a sing. v.) the science that deals with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services, or the material welfare of humankind.
- Business(used with a pl. v.) financial considerations;
economically significant aspects:What are the economics of such a project?
- see economic, -ics 1785–95
'economist' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Angell
- Bagehot
- Balch
- Beccaria
- Beveridge
- Bright
- Burns
- Cantillon
- Clark
- Cobden
- Douglas
- DuPont
- Duisenberg
- Eccles
- Engel's law
- Erhard
- Friedman
- Frisch
- Gaitskell
- Galbraith
- George
- Hayek
- Hicks
- Hume
- Jevons
- Kantorovich
- Keynes
- Knies
- Kondratieff wave
- Koopmans
- Kuznets
- LaRouche
- Laffer curve
- Leacock
- Leontief
- Malthus
- Mansholt
- Marshall
- Martineau
- Marx
- Meade
- Mendès-France
- Menger
- Mill
- Monnet
- Oresme
- Papandreou
- Passy
- Pigouvian tax
- Quesnay