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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

Economia

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ekonomia

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Economics/ˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪks/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #850 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"L'economia italiana sta crescendo."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The branch of knowledge concerned with the production, consumption, and transfer of wealth.

    "Understanding economics is essential for making informed financial decisions."
  2. 2

    The study of how societies use scarce resources to produce valuable commodities and distribute them among different people.

    "The economics of developing countries often differ significantly from those of developed nations."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the ancient Greek oikonomia, meaning 'household management', combining oikos (house) and nemein (to manage). It entered English in the 17th century as 'economy', later evolving into 'economics' to describe the formal academic and scientific study of wealth, production, and consumption.

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