(US) In or via the part of a commercial passenger airplane reserved for those paying the lower standard fares.

(obsolete) The regular operation of nature in the generation, nutrition and preservation of animals or plants.

Cheap to run; using minimal resources; representing good value for money; economical.

plural of economy

An attempt to economize that fails because the less expensive approach is inferior in some way.

(economics, politics) Interdisciplinary studies drawing upon economics, law, and political science in explaining how political institutions, the political environment, and the economic system — capitalist, socialist, mixed, and so on — influence each other.

Aspect of the economy that encompasses the economic scale and implications of policy formulation and implementation.

(economics, politics) An economic system in which activity is directly controlled by the government and the means of production are publicly owned.

(economics, politics) An economic system in which government directly manages supply and demand for goods and services by controlling production, prices, and distribution in accordance with a long-term design and schedule of objectives.

A place enjoying very fast economic growth.