department of economics
- noun
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departamento de economía
Examples
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It is a fact that three of the most powerful leaders of the majority party in Congress, Graham, Gingrich, and Armey, began their careers as professors, two in departments of economics, one in politics and history, and all were angered by the subordination they felt as a grievance of their academic lives.
Academic text (1996) -
The department of economics at my university offers a wide range of courses and research opportunities.
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Students in the department of economics conducted a study on the impact of inflation on consumer behavior.
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During her studies, she attended lectures in the department of economics that focused on global trade issues.
Synonyms
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1.8
A part of a company or organization that does a particular job
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3.2
Part of a college or university that teaches and studies economics
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3.0
A part of a college or university that teaches and studies one subject like biology
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
department + of + economics
The meaning is directly compositional: 'department' (an academic unit) combined with 'economics' (the discipline), linked by the genitive/of construction, yields an academic division specializing in economics. This is a common, cross-linguistic noun-phrase pattern and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
The name department of economics comes from how colleges and universities group teachers by subject: a department was a section or room for a particular subject, and economics is the study of money and trade. So a department of economics is the part of a college or university where teachers and people who study economics teach and do research.