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Definition: Economist |
EconomistNoun1. An expert in the science of economics. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "economist" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1664. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Plans, designs, and conducts research to aid in interpretation of economic relationships and in solution of problems arising from production and distribution of goods and services: Studies economic and statistical data in area of specialization, such as finance, labor, or agriculture. Devises methods and procedures for collecting and processing data, utilizing knowledge of available sources of data and various econometric and sampling techniques. Compiles data relating to research area, such as employment, productivity, and wages and hours. Reviews and analyzes economic data in order to prepare reports detailing results of investigation, and to stay abreast of economic changes. Organizes data into report format and arranges for preparation of graphic illustrations of research findings. Formulates recommendations, policies, or plans to aid in market interpretation or solution of economic problems, such as recommending changes in methods of agricultural financing, domestic, and international monetary policies, or policies that regulate investment and transfer of capital. May supervise and assign work to staff. May testify at regulatory or legislative hearings to present recommendations. May specialize in specific economic area or commodity and be designated Agricultural Economist (profess. & kin.); Commodity-Industry Analyst (profess. & kin.); Financial Economist (profess. & kin.); Industrial Economist (profess. & kin); International-Trade Economist (profess. & kin.); Labor Economist (profess. & kin.); Price Economist (profess. & kin.); Tax Economist (profess. & kin.). (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
An economist is someone who studies economics. In addition to the general article on the subject, Wikipedia has a List of economists and a list of winners of the Nobel Prize for Economics.
The Economist is a magazine.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Economist."
Synonym: EconomistSynonym: economic expert (n). (additional references) |
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Screenplays | I studied under a Nobel-Prize-Winning economist. You know what he taught me (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin.) You know, I studied under a Nobel Prize-winning economist, and you know what he taught me (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin) | |
Clever | Money: A businessman earns it, an economist learns it, a banker turns it, a politician burns it, and a wise man spurns it. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Economist (1921) | |
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 | An economist of life. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | A wise economist asks a question. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Business | To an economist or strategic planner, a city represents an area of dominant influence over markets in adjacent areas. (references) | |
Franchise Association of Greece in 1997 and 1998 with the collaboration of the company Hazlis & Rivas, which represents the Economist Conferences in Greece, have organized franchise conferences with great success. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Syria | In June the Government permitted the publication of the private weekly newspaper The Economist, which was critical of the performance of government organs. (references) |
Turkey | In June Dr. Fikret Baskaya, an economist, was imprisoned for writing an article about the history of Kurdish uprisings, following the arrest of Abdullah Ocalan. (references) | |
Ukraine | In December 2000, government authorities immediately responded to diplomatic protests about interference by the State Tax Administration in the operation of the Eastern Economist magazine; an unwarranted seizure of accounts was remedied quickly and the authorities apologized to the magazine's management. (references) | |
Economic History | Ukraine | The major English-language papers/journals are: Eastern Economist (daily/weekly); Intelnews (daily/weekly); Kyiv Post (weekly). (references) |
Hungary | In 2000, Hungarian companies with foreign-ownership accounted for 70 percent of Hungary's exports and 33 percent of GDP.. Source: Economist Intelligence Unit. (references) | |
Russia | A recent Economist Intelligence Unit survey of 75 multinationals operating in Russia revealed a generally positive view of the country's current business environment. (references) | |
Human Rights | Lebanon | During the year, the Prosecutor General granted Ja'Ja' permission to receive The Economist, provided that all political content is removed. (references) |
Minorities | Georgia | On June 17, approximately 60 "Basilists" attacked a prayer meeting in Tbilisi, and reportedly injured Giorgi Kiknavelidze, an economist. (references) |
Political Economy | Chile | President Ricardo Lagos, a U.S.-educated economist and founder of the Party for Democracy, leads a center-left coalition composed of four parties. (references) |
Travel | Ecuador | Superiors are treated in a friendly but respectful way, and the use of a title (such as doctor, economist or engineer) before the name is common. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | DIE, n. The singular of "dice." We seldom hear the word, because there is a prohibitory proverb, "Never say die." At long intervals, however, some one says: "The die is cast," which is not true, for it is cut. The word is found in an immortal couplet by that eminent poet and domestic economist, Senator Depew: A cube of cheese no larger than a die May bait the trap to catch a nibbling mie. |
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| "Economist" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.68% of the time. "Economist" is used about 601 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 96.68% | 581 | 10,898 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 2.82% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.5% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 601 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "economist": business economist ♦ consulting economist. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "economist": economist-driven, economist-researcher, economist-writer. | |
Ending with "economist": guru-economist, lay-economist, non-economist. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "economist"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | ekonomist, kursimtar (canny, economic, parsimonious, prudent, saver, saving, thrifty). (various references) | |
Arabic | عالم الاقتصاد, العالم الإقتصادي. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | пестелив човек (economizer), икономист. (various references) | |
Chinese | "濟學者 , "濟學家 , 经济学家. (various references) | |
Czech | ekonom. (various references) | |
Danish | oekonom. (various references) | |
Dutch | econoom (purchasing officer). (various references) | |
Farsi | متخصص اقتصاد. (various references) | |
Finnish | taloustieteilijä, talousmies. (various references) | |
French | économiste. (various references) | |
German | Wirtschaftswissenschaftler, Volkswirtschaftler (economists), ökonom. (various references) | |
Greek | οικονομολόγος. (various references) | |
Hebrew | כלכלן. (various references) | |
Hungarian | közgazdász, közgazda. (various references) | |
Indonesian | ekonom, ahli ekonomi. (various references) | |
Italian | economista. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 倹約家 (thrifty person), エクリン腺 (a service station for cars that run on alternative fuels, eccrine gland, echo, echo back, eclair, ecocide, Ecole de Paris, ecological mark, ecology, econometrics, economic animal, economical, economics, economy, economy class, ecosystem, executive, executive class, existence, exit). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | エコノミスト , け"やくか (thrifty person). (various references) | |
Korean | 경 학자. (various references) | |
Manx | tarmaynagh (economic, economical), greasag. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | economistay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | economista. (various references) | |
Romanian | economist, persoanã economicoasã, om econom, administrator (administrator, bailiff, director, governor, housekeeper, janitor, land agent, manager, master, receiver, reeve, steward, suitor, superintendent, trustee, warden). (various references) | |
Russian | экономист. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ekonomista. (various references) | |
Spanish | economista (economic, economical). (various references) | |
Swedish | nationalekonom. (various references) | |
Thai | นักเศรษฐศาสตร์. (various references) | |
Turkish | ekonomist, tutumlu kimse (economizer), iktisatçı. (various references) | |
Turkmen | ydysatзy. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | ощадливий господар, економіст, економка (housekeeper, lady help, matron). (various references) | |
Welsh | economegwr. (various references) | |
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Words beginning with "economist": economists. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "economist": noneconomist. (additional references) | |
Words containing "economist": noneconomists. (additional references) | |
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"Economist" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: economis, economism, economiste. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "economist" (pronounced ikÄ"numust or ēkÄ"numust) |
| 7 | -Ä" n u m u s t | agronomist. |
| 6 | -n u m u s t | animist. |
| 5 | -u m u s t | alchemist, anatomist, pessimist. |
| 4 | -m u s t | alarmist, biochemist, dumbest, extremist, firmest, grimaced, grimmest, nonconformist, premised, promised, slimmest, warmest. |
| 3 | -u s t | agonist, agriculturalist, allergist, amethyst, amorist, analyst, anarchist, anesthesiologist, anesthetist, angriest, antagonist, anthropologist, anticommunist, apologist, apprenticed, aquarist, archaeologist, archivist, arsonist, absolutist, accompanist, ablest, abolitionist, abortionist, activist, artist, atheist, August, ballast, balloonist, barest, behaviorist, biased, bicyclist, biggest, biologist, bitterest, blackest, bleakest, bloodiest, bluest, bluntest, boldest, botanist, bravest, breakfast, briefest, brightest, broadest, busiest, buttressed, calloused, canoeist, canvassed, capitalist, cardiologist, caricaturist, cartoonist, catalyst, cellist, chauvinist, cheapest, choicest, clarinetist, classicist, cleanest, closest, coldest, colonialist, colonist, columnist, communist, conservationist, contortionist, conversationalist, coolest, cornettist, craziest, creamiest, criminologist, cruelest, cultist, cyclist, darkest, hygienist, idealist, ideologist, illusionist, immunologist, imperialist, impressionist, deadliest, dearest, deepest, deforest, deist, densest, dentist, dermatologist, determinist, direst, dirtiest, dishonest, disinterest, driest, druggist, dullest, earliest, earnest, easiest, ecologist, editorialist, eldest, elitist, embarrassed, empiricist, encompassed, encyclopedist, endocrinologist, entomologist, environmentalist, epidemiologist, ethicist, ethnomusicologist, exhibitionist, exorcist, expressionist, faintest, fairest, fanciest, farthest, fascist, fastest, fattest, federalist, feminist, fetishist, fewest, fiercest, finalist, finest, fittest, flimsiest, florist, focused, focussed, foggiest, fondest, forest, formalist, freest, freshest, friendliest, fullest, fundamentalist, funnest, funniest, furthest, generalist, geneticist, gentlest, geologist, gerontologist, goldest, grandest, gravest, grayest, greatest, greediest, greenest, grooviest, guitarist, gymnast, gynecologist, happiest, hardest, harnessed, harshest, harvest, healthiest, heaviest, heftiest, herbalist, highest, hippest, hobbyist, holiest, honest, hottest, hugest, humblest, humorist, individualist, industrialist, institutionalist, instrumentalist, interest, internationalist, internist, interventionist, isolationist, jaundiced, journalist, juiciest, junkiest, keenest, kindest, kremlinologist, largest, latest, laziest, leanest, leftist, librettist, lightest, likeliest, linguist, littlest, liveliest, lobbyist, locust, longest, loudest, lowest, loyalist, luckiest, lyricist, machinist, manicurist, mannerist, masochist, materialist, meanest, medalist, mercantilist, merest, meteorologist, methodist, microbiologist, mightiest, mildest, mineralogist, misogynist, modernist, modest, monopolist, motorcyclist, motorist, musicologist, narrowest, nastiest, nationalist, naturalist, nearest, neatest, neediest, neurologist, neuroscientist, neutralist, newest, noblest, noisiest, noncommunist, noninterest, noticed, novelist, nutritionist, oboist, obstructionist, oddest, oldest, oncologist, ophthalmologist, opportunist, organist, orthodontist, orthopedist, pacifist, paleontologist, palest, panelist, pathologist, pharmacist, philanthropist, photojournalist, physiologist, pianist, polemicist, poorest, populist, prefaced, prejudiced, preservationist, prettiest, priciest, propagandist, protagonist, protectionist, proudest, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, psychologist, psychotherapist, purchased, purest, quickest, quietest, quietist, racist, radiologist, rainforest, rainiest, rapist, rarest, receptionist, reddest, refocused, reforest, remotest, repurchased, reservationist, reservist, resurfaced, revolutionist, rheumatologist, richest, rightist, riskiest, ritziest, roughest, rudest, saddest, sadist, safest, satirist, savviest, scariest, scientist, secessionist, secularist, segregationist, seismologist, semifinalist, separatist, serologist, serviced, severest, sexiest, shakiest, sharpest, shortest, showiest, shrewdest, sickest, silliest, simplest, skimpiest, skinniest, sleekest, slickest, slightest, sloppiest, slowest, smallest, smartest, smoggiest, smoothest, socialist, sociologist, softest, soonest, soundest, specialist, spiritualist, stablest, staunchest, steepest, sternest, stickiest, stiffest, stormiest, strangest, strategist, strictest, strongest, stupidest, supremacist, surest, surfaced, survivalist, sweetest, swiftest, tallest, tannest, technologist, televangelist, tempest, terraced, theorist, therapist, thickest, thinnest, thorniest, tightest, tiniest, toniest, toughest, tourist, toxicologist, traditionalist, trendiest, trickiest, truest, ugliest, ultranationalist, unbiased, unfocused, unionist, unkindest, unnoticed, urologist, violinist, violist, virologist, vocalist, weakest, wealthiest, weirdest, wettest, whitest, widest, wildest, wisest, witnessed, worthiest, yellowest, youngest, zaniest, zoologist. |
| 7 | -Ä" n u m u s t | agronomist. |
| 6 | -n u m u s t | animist. |
| 5 | -u m u s t | alchemist, anatomist, pessimist. |
| 4 | -m u s t | alarmist, biochemist, dumbest, extremist, firmest, grimaced, grimmest, nonconformist, premised, promised, slimmest, warmest. |
| 3 | -u s t | agonist, agriculturalist, allergist, amethyst, amorist, analyst, anarchist, anesthesiologist, anesthetist, angriest, antagonist, anthropologist, anticommunist, apologist, apprenticed, aquarist, archaeologist, archivist, arsonist, absolutist, accompanist, ablest, abolitionist, abortionist, activist, artist, atheist, August, ballast, balloonist, barest, behaviorist, biased, bicyclist, biggest, biologist, bitterest, blackest, bleakest, bloodiest, bluest, bluntest, boldest, botanist, bravest, breakfast, briefest, brightest, broadest, busiest, buttressed, calloused, canoeist, canvassed, capitalist, cardiologist, caricaturist, cartoonist, catalyst, cellist, chauvinist, cheapest, choicest, clarinetist, classicist, cleanest, closest, coldest, colonialist, colonist, columnist, communist, conservationist, contortionist, conversationalist, coolest, cornettist, craziest, creamiest, criminologist, cruelest, cultist, cyclist, darkest, hygienist, idealist, ideologist, illusionist, immunologist, imperialist, impressionist, deadliest, dearest, deepest, deforest, deist, densest, dentist, dermatologist, determinist, direst, dirtiest, dishonest, disinterest, driest, druggist, dullest, earliest, earnest, easiest, ecologist, editorialist, eldest, elitist, embarrassed, empiricist, encompassed, encyclopedist, endocrinologist, entomologist, environmentalist, epidemiologist, ethicist, ethnomusicologist, exhibitionist, exorcist, expressionist, faintest, fairest, fanciest, farthest, fascist, fastest, fattest, federalist, feminist, fetishist, fewest, fiercest, finalist, finest, fittest, flimsiest, florist, focused, focussed, foggiest, fondest, forest, formalist, freest, freshest, friendliest, fullest, fundamentalist, funnest, funniest, furthest, generalist, geneticist, gentlest, geologist, gerontologist, goldest, grandest, gravest, grayest, greatest, greediest, greenest, grooviest, guitarist, gymnast, gynecologist, happiest, hardest, harnessed, harshest, harvest, healthiest, heaviest, heftiest, herbalist, highest, hippest, hobbyist, holiest, honest, hottest, hugest, humblest, humorist, individualist, industrialist, institutionalist, instrumentalist, interest, internationalist, internist, interventionist, isolationist, jaundiced, journalist, juiciest, junkiest, keenest, kindest, kremlinologist, largest, latest, laziest, leanest, leftist, librettist, lightest, likeliest, linguist, littlest, liveliest, lobbyist, locust, longest, loudest, lowest, loyalist, luckiest, lyricist, machinist, manicurist, mannerist, masochist, materialist, meanest, medalist, mercantilist, merest, meteorologist, methodist, microbiologist, mightiest, mildest, mineralogist, misogynist, modernist, modest, monopolist, motorcyclist, motorist, musicologist, narrowest, nastiest, nationalist, naturalist, nearest, neatest, neediest, neurologist, neuroscientist, neutralist, newest, noblest, noisiest, noncommunist, noninterest, noticed, novelist, nutritionist, oboist, obstructionist, oddest, oldest, oncologist, ophthalmologist, opportunist, organist, orthodontist, orthopedist, pacifist, paleontologist, palest, panelist, pathologist, pharmacist, philanthropist, photojournalist, physiologist, pianist, polemicist, poorest, populist, prefaced, prejudiced, preservationist, prettiest, priciest, propagandist, protagonist, protectionist, proudest, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, psychologist, psychotherapist, purchased, purest, quickest, quietest, quietist, racist, radiologist, rainforest, rainiest, rapist, rarest, receptionist, reddest, refocused, reforest, remotest, repurchased, reservationist, reservist, resurfaced, revolutionist, rheumatologist, richest, rightist, riskiest, ritziest, roughest, rudest, saddest, sadist, safest, satirist, savviest, scariest, scientist, secessionist, secularist, segregationist, seismologist, semifinalist, separatist, serologist, serviced, severest, sexiest, shakiest, sharpest, shortest, showiest, shrewdest, sickest, silliest, simplest, skimpiest, skinniest, sleekest, slickest, slightest, sloppiest, slowest, smallest, smartest, smoggiest, smoothest, socialist, sociologist, softest, soonest, soundest, specialist, spiritualist, stablest, staunchest, steepest, sternest, stickiest, stiffest, stormiest, strangest, strategist, strictest, strongest, stupidest, supremacist, surest, surfaced, survivalist, sweetest, swiftest, tallest, tannest, technologist, televangelist, tempest, terraced, theorist, therapist, thickest, thinnest, thorniest, tightest, tiniest, toniest, toughest, tourist, toxicologist, traditionalist, trendiest, trickiest, truest, ugliest, ultranationalist, unbiased, unfocused, unionist, unkindest, unnoticed, urologist, violinist, violist, virologist, vocalist, weakest, wealthiest, weirdest, wettest, whitest, widest, wildest, wisest, witnessed, worthiest, yellowest, youngest, zaniest, zoologist. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-m-n-o-o-s-t" | |
-1 letter: centimos, coonties, emotions, mooniest. | |
-2 letters: centimo, coontie, cooties, emotion, incomes, isotone, mesonic, mestino, moisten, moonset, motions, noisome, notices, osmotic, section, sentimo, tonemic. | |
-3 letters: centos, cestoi, comets, comose, comtes, conies, contes, contos, cootie, cosine, eonism, icones, incest, income, inmost, insect, minces, monies, monist, montes, motion, nicest, noetic, nostoc, notice, oscine, otiose, simoon, sitcom, socmen. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-i-m-n-o-o-s-t" | |
+1 letter: economists, microtones, monostelic. | |
+2 letters: completions, coterminous, nondomestic. | |
+3 letters: commonalties, compensation, competitions, conformities, conterminous, contumelious, craniotomies, econometrics, econometrist, embrocations, monotheistic, mucoproteins, nondomestics, noneconomist, omnipotences. | |
+4 letters: actinomycoses, anisometropic, chemisorption, chronometries, commendations, commiseration, commonalities, compassionate, compellations, compensations, complexations, concomitances, condemnations, contemporizes, coterminously, decomposition, domestication, econometrists, endosymbiotic, gonadectomies, incommodities, misconception, misconnection, noneconomists, postembryonic, precombustion, protectionism, recomposition, semiconductor, tonsillectomy. | |
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