English dictionary · noun

economy

Effective management of a community or system, or especially its resources.

Meaning and definitions

1. Effective management of a community or system, or especially its resources.
2. The regular operation of nature in the generation, nutrition and preservation of animals or plants.
3. System of management; general regulation and disposition of the affairs of a state or nation, or of any department of government.

Connected roots

• -nomy

  law, custom, management

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  The science of utilizing plants, animals and soils for food, fuel, feed, fiber, etc.

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