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1. abecedarium, n. View full entry 1870
...In the work of British economist and logician W. S. Jevons: the series of possible combinations of letters in a system for solving logical problems; (also) the mechanical device invented by Jevons...
2. abstinence, n. View full entry 1836
...Polit. Econ. The practice of abstaining from or delaying expenditure in order to accumulate capital. Obs....
3. acatallactic, n. and adj. View full entry 1842
...A matter unconnected with exchange, esp. of money. Obs.rare....
4. acatallactic, n. and adj. View full entry 1865
...Not concerned with or involving exchange, esp. of money....
5. adaptive expectations in adaptive, adj. View full entry 1958
...the theory that participants in economic activity forecast the future of a variable primarily with reference to its (esp. recent) past; freq. attrib....
6. added value in added, adj. View full entry 1814
...= value-added; also in extended use....
7. added value tax in added, adj. View full entry 1941
...= value added tax...
8. administered, adj. View full entry 1934
...Econ. Of a price, interest rate, etc.: determined not by market forces but by administrative action (as of a large company or a government)....
9. aggregate demand in aggregate, adj. and n. View full entry 1797
...the total demand for, or spending on, goods, services, etc., within a particular market....
10. aggregate supply in aggregate, adj. and n. View full entry 1810
...the total supply of goods and services that producers are willing to provide within a particular market....
11. agriculturism, n. View full entry 1885
...The practice of agriculture; the agricultural sector of an economy; (also) a social or economic system based on agriculture. Cf. industrialism...
12. agro-economic in agro-, comb. form View full entry 1925
...of or relating to the economic aspects of agriculture; cf. agronomic...
13. agro-economist in agro-, comb. form View full entry 1930
...an expert or specialist in agro-economics; cf. agronomist...
14. agronomics, n. View full entry 1825
...With sing. and pl. concord. The management or administration of the material resources of agriculture; agricultural economics; (also) = agronomy...
15. air pocket, n. View full entry 1913
...fig. (chiefly Econ.). A period of rapid or unexpected decline; a sharp or sudden downturn....
16. alienation, n. View full entry 1900
...In Marxist theory: a condition of workers in a capitalist economy, resulting from a lack of identity with the products of their labour and a sense of being controlled or exploited. Cf....
17. anti-inflammatory, adj. and n. View full entry 1842
...That tends to inhibit or reduce in intensity or impact; mollifying, moderating; (Econ.) = anti-inflationary...
18. anti-inflation, adj. View full entry 1870
...= anti-inflationary...
19. anti-inflationary, adj. View full entry 1932
...That seeks or acts to prevent or reduce inflation....
20. anti-inflationist, n. and adj. View full entry 1869
...An advocate of economic policies designed to prevent or reduce inflation....
