microeconomics
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kroʊˌɛk noun ( used with a singular verb )
the branch of economics dealing with particular aspects of an economy, as the price-cost relationship of a firm.
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microeconomics (ˌmaɪkrəʊˌiːkəˈnɒmɪks, -ˌɛkə-) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| (functioning as singular) Compare macroeconomics the branch of economics concerned with particular commodities, firms, or individuals and the economic relationships between them | |
| microeco'nomic | |
| —adj | |
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Microeconomics
has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S. |
| the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). |
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microeconomics definition
Economic analysis of particular components of the economy, such as the growth of a single industry or demand for a single product. (Compare macroeconomics.)
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Example sentences
It's also a main part of standard orthodox microeconomics.
Aspiring doctors are not normally taught microeconomics, cost accounting or risk management.
Microeconomics studies the economic behavior of individual consumers and individual businesses.
Microeconomics studies resource allocation and decision-making at the level of the individual consumer, household or firm.
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