eco·nom·ics /ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪks, ˌikə-/
  經濟學,經濟情況
  E·co·nom·ics n.
  1. The science of household affairs, or of domestic management.
  2. Political economy; the science of the utilities or the useful application of wealth or material resources; the study of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services of a nation or region, and its effect on the wealth of a country. See Political economy, under Political. “In politics and economics.”
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  economics
       n : 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]