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command economies

command economies is the plural of command economy.

Meaning of command economy

Noun

command economy (plural command economies)

  1. A planned economy in which the government (or some other central authority) is solely responsible for resource allocation, distribution and the setting of prices, with little to no market influence.
    • Some scholars continue to blame the USSR's command economy for its 1991 collapse.
    Synonyms:
    centrally planned economy, directive planned economy
  2. (broadly) A planned economy.

Questions about command economies

What is command economies the plural of?
Command economies is the plural of command economy.

Words near command economies in the dictionary

  1. commalike
  2. command
  3. command and control
  4. command and service module
  5. command and service modules
  6. command economies
  7. command economy
  8. command hierarchies
  9. command hierarchy
  10. Command key
  11. Command keys

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