<B>econometric, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with econometrics. <BR> <I>Ex. econometric analysis of the quantitative impact of fiscal policy (Atlantic).</I> adv. <B>econometrically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="econometrician">
<B>econometrician, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a specialist in econometrics. </DL>
<A NAME="econometrics">
<B>econometrics, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a branch of economics that treats economic relationships mathematically by using statistical methods and measurements. </DL>
<A NAME="economic">
<B>economic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with economics. Economic problems have to do with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. <BR> <I>Ex. Great economic and social forces flow with a tidal sweep (John Morley).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>having to do with the management of the income, supplies, and expenses of a household, community, government, or other group or organization. <BR> <I>Ex. The city treasurer deals with the economic problems of city government.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>having to do with the material welfare of a community or nation; practical or utilitarian in application or use. <BR> <I>Ex. economic botany, economic geology.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>economical; saving; thrifty. </DL>
<A NAME="economical">
<B>economical, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>avoiding waste; thrifty; saving. <BR> <I>Ex. A good manager is economical in the use of his funds. The goal is to find economical ways of chemically treating water from the Columbia River (Science).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>having to do with economics; economic. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Archaic.) having to do with a household or its management. </DL>
<A NAME="economically">
<B>economically, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>in an economical manner. <BR> <I>Ex. Try to live more economically.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>from the point of view of economics. <BR> <I>Ex. Economically, large deficits do not always spell ruin.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="economicgeography">
<B>economic geography,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a branch of geography that deals with the relation between physical and economic conditions and the development, production, and distribution of material goods. </DL>
<A NAME="economicgood">
<B>economic good,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Economics.) any product or service that is relatively scarce and can be obtained only through money or effort. </DL>
<A NAME="economicmigrant">
<B>economic migrant</B> or <B>refugee,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a person who leaves a country to improve his or her economic opportunities. <BR> <I>Ex. A strict separation must be made between ... those fleeing wars or political or religious persecution--and so-called economic refugees (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="economicrent">
<B>economic rent,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Economics.) the theoretical difference between the yield from a good piece of land and the yield obtained with the same expenditure from the same amount of marginal land. </DL>
<A NAME="economics">
<B>economics, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(sing. in use.) the science of how people produce goods and services, how they distribute them among themselves, and how they use them; political economy. Economics deals with the material welfare of mankind and such problems as those of capital, labor, wages, prices, tariffs, and taxes. <DD><B> 2. </B>(pl. in use.) the economic part; details of economy or management. <BR> <I>Ex. If the Concorde meets its promised performance specifications, the economics look quite good (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="economicstrike">
<B>economic strike,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a strike that results from disagreements over wages, hours, or working conditions. </DL>
<A NAME="economiczone">
<B>economic zone,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the area of coastal waters to whose fishing and mining resources a country claims exclusive rights. <BR> <I>Ex. The United Nations-sponsored confederation on the law of the sea ... will favor 200 miles as the norm for "economic zones" controlled by coastal States (Manchester Guardian Weekly).</I> </DL>
<B>economism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> great or undue emphasis on economics or economic theories. <BR> <I>Ex. It had subordinated every aspect of the national life to what [he] called economism ... to the theory that man's chief end is merely to produce, distribute, consume, break records and grow rich (Maclean's).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="economist">
<B>economist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an expert in economics. <BR> <I>Ex. Few groups have grown so fast or become so powerful as the professional economists (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who is economical. </DL>
<A NAME="economization">
<B>economization, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act or practice of economizing. <DD><B> 2. </B>the result of economizing. </DL>
<A NAME="economize">
<B>economize, </B>verb, <B>-mized,</B> <B>-mizing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to use little of; use to the best advantage. <BR> <I>Ex. If you can economize your time, you will get more done in less time.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to cut down expenses; avoid waste or extravagance. <BR> <I>Ex. The development they want in one direction is conditional on their economizing in another direction (Maclean's).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="economizer">
<B>economizer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that economizes. </DL>
<A NAME="economy">
<B>economy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-mies,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a making the most of what one has; avoiding waste in the use of anything; thrift. <BR> <I>Ex. By using economy in buying food and clothes, we were soon able to save enough money for the new car we needed.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>an instance of this. <BR> <I>Ex. The economy of going without a vacation bought new furniture for the house.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a managing of affairs and resources so as to avoid waste; management. <BR> <I>Ex. Under President Franklin Roosevelt's administration, the country's economy improved greatly.</I> (SYN) husbandry. <DD><B> 4. </B>the efficient arrangement of parts; organization; system. <DD><B> 5. </B>a system of managing the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. <BR> <I>Ex. feudal economy. A creative economy is the fuel of magnificence (Emerson).</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>(Theology.) the method of the divine administration of the world, especially as it affects a particular nation or time; dispensation. <BR> <I>Ex. The economy of Heaven is dark, and wisest clerks have missed the mark (Charles Lamb).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>less expensive than others of its kind; economical. <BR> <I>Ex. an economy car.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of or having to do with economy class. <BR> <I>Ex. economy flights, economy fare.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=economy-size.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="economyclass">
<B>economy class,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a class of accommodations on airplanes and, sometimes, buses, trains, or ships, that is less expensive than first class and is usually the least expensive class; tourist class. </DL>
<A NAME="economysize">
<B>economy-size, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (of a packaged product) larger in size and offered as costing proportionately less than the standard-sized package. </DL>
<A NAME="ecorche">
<B>ecorche, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a subject so treated in painting or sculpture as to expose the muscular system. <DD><B> 2. </B>(literally) skinned. </DL>
<A NAME="ecorticate">
<B>ecorticate, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (of lichens, etc.) without a cortical layer. </DL>
<A NAME="ecosafe">
<B>eco-safe, </B>adjective, <B>-safer, -safest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> ecologically safe; not likely to damage the environment. <BR> <I>Ex. eco-safe products for the home.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ecosoc">
<B>ECOSOC</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> (United Nations) Economic and Social Council. </DL>
<A NAME="ecospecies">
<B>ecospecies, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (sing. and pl. Biology.) a group of organisms only somewhat fertile with organisms of related groups, usually considered equivalent to a species. </DL>
<A NAME="ecospecific">
<B>ecospecific, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with an ecospecies. adv. <B>ecospecifically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="ecosphere">
<B>ecosphere, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any region suitable for life; biosphere. </DL>
<A NAME="ecostate">
<B>ecostate, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) not costate; without ribs. </DL>
<A NAME="ecosystem">
<B>ecosystem, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a system made up of a group of living organisms and its physical environment, and the relationship between them. A pond, a lake, a forest, or an ocean may be an ecosystem. An ecosystem includes such factors as food supply, weather, and natural enemies. </DL>
<B>ecoterrorism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the use or support of environmental terrorism. </DL>
<A NAME="ecoterrorist">
<B>ecoterrorist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who favors or engages in environmental terrorism. </DL>
<A NAME="ecotonal">
<B>ecotonal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with an ecotone. </DL>
<A NAME="ecotone">
<B>ecotone, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a region between two neighboring but unlike plant communities. </DL>
<A NAME="ecotour">
<B>ecotour, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a trip to a natural area that preserves its environment. <BR> <I>Ex. Many ecotour operators support limiting the number of visitors allowed in natural parks (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ecotourism">
<B>ecotourism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> travel to a natural area that preserves or enhances its environment. </DL>
<A NAME="ecotourist">
<B>ecotourist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who travels in a manner that is careful to preserve natural surroundings. <BR> <I>Ex. The ecotourist is more likely to choose low-impact transportation: a canoe rather than a cruise ship, walking rather than a Land Rover (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ecotype">
<B>ecotype, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a group that is part of an ecospecies, usually considered as equivalent to a subspecies. </DL>
<A NAME="ecotypic">
<B>ecotypic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with an ecotype. </DL>
<A NAME="ecotypically">
<B>ecotypically, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an ecotypic way. </DL>
<A NAME="ecphore">
<B>ecphore, </B>transitive verb, <B>-phored,</B> <B>-phoring.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to evoke or revive (an emotion, a memory, or the like) by means of a stimulus. </DL>
