microeconomics
noun
mi·cro·eco·nom·ics ˌmī-krō-ˌe-kə-ˈnä-miks 
-ˌē-kə-
plural in form but usually singular in construction
: a study of economics in terms of individual areas of activity (such as a firm) compare macroeconomics
microeconomic
ˌmī-krō-ˌe-kə-ˈnä-mik
adjective -ˌē-kə-
microeconomist
ˌmī-krō-i-ˈkä-nə-mist
noun 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Councilman Devyn Keith said microeconomics says anyone with an extra $1,000 spends that in the local economy. 
Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 12 Aug. 2022 Inflation is both the result of total spending running ahead of the economy’s capacity to supply goods and services (macroeconomics), and idiosyncratic behavior in one industry or another (microeconomics). Greg Ip, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2022 As a matter of both psychology and microeconomics, that makes perfect sense. Samuel Goldman, The Week, 5 Mar. 2022 Whether inflation reached 7% in December, the highest since 1982, mostly because of macroeconomics or microeconomics might be today’s most pressing economic question. Greg Ip, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2022 The money will back education and research efforts in applied microeconomics, business, digital medicine, global health, neuroscience, and translational research programs at the university’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Maria Di Mento, oregonlive, 31 Dec. 2021 In the spring of 2021, using CORE, Carlin was teaching microeconomics and macroeconomics to hundreds of undergraduates from more than a dozen countries at University College London. Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2021 The money will support research in digital medicine, neurosciences, global health and other medical sciences, as well as support programs in microeconomics and the Kellogg School of Management. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2021 Ho wrote his dissertation on the microeconomics of apologies. The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2021 See More
Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 12 Aug. 2022 Inflation is both the result of total spending running ahead of the economy’s capacity to supply goods and services (macroeconomics), and idiosyncratic behavior in one industry or another (microeconomics). Greg Ip, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2022 As a matter of both psychology and microeconomics, that makes perfect sense. Samuel Goldman, The Week, 5 Mar. 2022 Whether inflation reached 7% in December, the highest since 1982, mostly because of macroeconomics or microeconomics might be today’s most pressing economic question. Greg Ip, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2022 The money will back education and research efforts in applied microeconomics, business, digital medicine, global health, neuroscience, and translational research programs at the university’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Maria Di Mento, oregonlive, 31 Dec. 2021 In the spring of 2021, using CORE, Carlin was teaching microeconomics and macroeconomics to hundreds of undergraduates from more than a dozen countries at University College London. Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2021 The money will support research in digital medicine, neurosciences, global health and other medical sciences, as well as support programs in microeconomics and the Kellogg School of Management. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2021 Ho wrote his dissertation on the microeconomics of apologies. The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1943, in the meaning defined above