economic consumption
1: (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily" [syn: {consumption}, {usance}, {use}, {use of goods and servic...
economic crisis
1: a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment [syn: {depression}, {slump}]
economic expert
1: an expert in the science of economics [syn: {economist}]
economic geography
1: the branch of geography concerned with the production and distribution of commodities
economic geology
1: the branch of geology that deals with economically valuable geological materials
economic growth
1: steady growth in the productive capacity of the economy (and so a growth of national income)
economic policy
1: a government policy for maintaining economic growth and tax revenues
economic process
1: any process affecting the production and development and management of material wealth
economic rent
1: the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions [syn: {rent}]
economic science
1: the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management [syn: {economics}, {political economy}]
economic strangulation
1: punishment of a group by cutting off commercial dealings with them; "the economic strangulation of the Jews by the Nazi Party"
economic system
1: the system of production and distribution and consumption [syn: {economy}]
economic theory
1: (economics) a theory of commercial activities (such as the production and consumption of goods)
economic value
1: 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" [syn: {value}]
economical
1: 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" [syn: {economic}] 2:...
economically
1: with respect to economic science; "economically this proposal makes no sense" 2: with respect to the economic system; "economically the country is worse off"
economics
1: the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management [syn: {economic science}, {political economy}]
economics department
1: the academic department responsible for teaching and research in economics [syn: {department of economics}]
economise
1: spend sparingly, avoid the waste of; "This move will save money"; "The less fortunate will have to economize now" [syn: {save}, {economize}] 2: use cautiously and frugally; "I try to economize my s...
economiser
1: a frugal person who limits spending and avoids waste [syn: {economizer}]
economist
1: an expert in the science of economics [syn: {economic expert}]
economize
1: use cautiously and frugally; "I try to economize my spare time"; "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit" [syn: {conserve}, {husband}, {economise}] [ant: {waste}] 2: spend sparingly, avo...
economizer
1: a frugal person who limits spending and avoids waste [syn: {economiser}]
economy
1: the system of production and distribution and consumption [syn: {economic system}] 2: the efficient use of resources; "economy of effort" 3: frugality in the expenditure of money or resources; "the...
economy of scale
1: the saving in cost of production that is due to mass production
ECOSOC
1: a permanent council of the United Nations; responsible for economic and social conditions [syn: {Economic and Social Council}]
ECOSOC commission
1: a commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations [syn: {Economic and Social Council commission}]
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ecosystem
1: a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment
ecoterrorism
1: violence carried out to further the political or social objectives of the environmentalists [syn: {ecological terrorism}, {eco-warfare}, {ecological warfare}]
ecotourism
1: tourism to exotic or threatened ecosystems to observe wildlife or to help preserve nature
ecphonesis
1: an exclamatory rhetorical device; "O tempore! O mores" [syn: {exclamation}]
ecrevisse
1: tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly [syn: {crayfish}, {crawfish}, {crawdad}] 2: small crayfish of Europe and Asia and western North America [syn: {Old World crayfish}]
ecru
1: a very light brown [syn: {beige}]
ecstasy
1: a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens [syn: {rapture}, {transport}, {exaltation}, {raptus}] 2: a state of elated bl...
ecstatic
1: feeling great rapture or delight [syn: {enraptured}, {rapturous}, {rhapsodic}]
ecstatic state
1: a trance induced by intense religious devotion; does not show reduced bodily functions that are typical of other trances [syn: {religious trance}]
ecstatically
1: in an ecstatic manner; "he reacted ecstatically to my plan to travel to Africa" [syn: {rapturously}, {rhapsodically}]
ECT
1: the administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma [syn: {electroconvulsive therapy}, {electroshock}, {electroshock therapy}]
ectasia
1: dilatation or distension of a hollow organ [syn: {ectasis}]
ectasis
1: dilatation or distension of a hollow organ [syn: {ectasia}]
ectoblast
1: the outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue [syn: {ectoderm}, {exoderm}]
ectoderm
1: the outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue [syn: {exoderm}, {ectoblast}]
ectodermal
1: of or relating to the ectoderm [syn: {ectodermic}]
ectodermic
1: of or relating to the ectoderm [syn: {ectodermal}]
ectomorph
1: a person with a thin non-muscular body
ectomorphic
1: having a lightly-muscled build with long limbs [ant: {endomorphic}, {mesomorphic}]
ectomorphy
1: slender, weak, and lightweight [syn: {asthenic type}]
ectoparasite
1: any external parasitic organism (as fleas) [syn: {ectozoan}, {ectozoon}, {epizoan}, {epizoon}]
ectopia
1: abnormal position of a part or organ (especially at the time of birth)
ectopic gestation
1: pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus [syn: {ectopic pregnancy}, {extrauterine pregnancy}, {extrauterine gestation}, {eccyesis}, {metacyesis}]
ectopic pregnancy
1: pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus [syn: {extrauterine pregnancy}, {ectopic gestation}, {extrauterine gestation}, {eccyesis}, {metacyesis}]
Ectopistes
1: a genus of Columbidae [syn: {genus Ectopistes}]
ectoplasm
1: (spiritualism) a substance supposed to emanate from the body of the medium during a trance 2: the outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm
ectoproct
1: sessile mosslike aquatic animal having the anus of the polyp outside the crown of tentacles
Ectoprocta
1: coextensive with or a subphylum of Bryozoa [syn: {phylum Ectoprocta}]
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