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Definition
the study of how limited resources are allocated in an attempt to satisfy unlimited wants
- Its two buildings (main classrooms, the grade school and home economics) were set on a dirt hill with no fence to limit either its boundaries or those of bordering farms.p. 170.3
- A tangy scent of ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg and chocolate wafted around the home economics building as the budding cooks made samples for themselves and their teachers.p. 174.1
- Also—he never looked up to acknowledge the grunts of acceptance—also, we were bound to get some new equipment for the home economics building and the workshop.p. 181.5
There are no more uses of "economics" in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
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