Economy
41Economy — The shift from an agrarian to a capital driven industrial economy has taken longer in Austria than in many other regions of Europe. The agricultural base of the Austrian lands has always been in the east, especially Lower Austria; its… …
42economy — The ratio between a product or service and its value. Also see corporate Average Fuel Economy epa fuel economy fuel economy tuned for economy …
43Economy — The large set of inter related economic production and consumption activities which aid in determining how scarce resources are allocated. The economy encompasses everything related to the production and consumption of goods and services in an… …
44Economy — The earliest economic development of Brussels reflected its role as a military and administrative center. The castrum built by Charles of France required provisioning, which led to construction of a loading dock on the Senne River and a bridge …
45economy — e•con•o•my [[t]ɪˈkɒn ə mi[/t]] n. pl. mies, adj. 1) bus thrifty management; frugality in the expenditure or consumption of money, materials, etc 2) bus an act or means of thrifty saving: Walking to work is one of my economies[/ex] 3) bus the… …
46economy — I. noun (plural mies) Etymology: Middle French yconomie, from Medieval Latin oeconomia, from Greek oikonomia, from oikonomos household manager, from oikos house + nemein to manage more at vicinity, nimble Date: 15th century 1. archaic the… …
47economy — System; the body regarded as an aggregate of functioning organs. [G. oikonomia, management of the house, fr. oikos, house, + nomos, usage, law] * * * econ·o·my i kän ə mē n, pl mies 1) the system of operation of the processes of anabolism and… …
48Economy — The Egyptian economy was primarily based on agriculture as the fertility of the soil engendered by the Nile flood allowed a crop surplus to fulfill the population’s basic food needs. The excess crops could be collected, stored, and… …
49ECONOMY — The basis of the Mesopotamian economy throughout history until very recent times was agriculture. The alluvial lowlands supported cereal crops, date palms, and legumes, while the steppe areas of the north, west, and east were used for raising… …
50economy — [16] The underlying notion contained in the word economy is of ‘household management’. It comes, via French or Latin, from Greek oikonomíā, a derivative of oikonómos, a term for the ‘steward of a household’. This was a compound noun formed from… …
