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Economy comes from Greek roots meaning management of what?

economy

[ih-kon-uh-mee] / ɪˈkɒn ə mi /


ADJECTIVE
costing less to buy, make, or operate
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That shift has big ramifications for the U.S. economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

France's deteriorating public finances will take centre stage when the European Central Bank meets this week, but policymakers are not expected to throw a lifeline to the eurozone's second-biggest economy just yet.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

At a gleaming hi-tech robotics research facility in Coventry last month, John Healey sought to set out the broad contours of his approach to the economy.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

As the economy became increasingly unstable and demanded that moviegoers and television aficionados devote more time to their jobs, the average viewer naturally had less bandwidth for their cultural hobbies.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

Ames looked around his Washington, DC, suburb and felt envious of his wealthy neighbors enjoying the booming US economy of the 1980s.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

Alison Tooze, chief policy officer at the British Parking Association, said: "Overall, the code strikes the right balance between stronger protections for motorists and effective parking management, helping keep communities, businesses and local economies moving."

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Asia is hardest hit because the fuel permeates the region’s farming- and mining-dependent economies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

The digital revolution rocked the analog world of art, media and communication on a scale the industrial revolution did to agrarian and handicraft economies more than a century ago.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

The phrase isn’t as well known as “the economies of scale,” but it should be.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

Henceforth, more and more economies would be governed from the ground up, by the interests, demands, and aspirations of the people, rather than from the top down, by the interests of some narrow ruling clique.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman


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