Thesaurus

definitions of thesaurus terminology

definitions of terms used in thesaurus entries

• SCOPE NOTE: explains HOW the term has been used to index items in the library database; defines the term
• USE: denotes a preferred term or phrase
• USED FOR: indicates terms or phrases that are NOT used to index items in the library database; these terms or phrases are considered synonymous with the indicated preferred term (only use "preferred terms" when searching the library database)
• BROADER TERM: broader or more general terms or phrases
• NARROWER TERM: narrower or more specific terms or phrases; a subset of the indicated broader term
• RELATED TERM: a term or phrase that is conceptually or associatively linked with the indicated preferred term

Thesaurus: 1501 entries.

E.U. 

• USE

EUROPEAN UNION

EARNINGS (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Annual compensation or remuneration as part of employment, net income from a non-farm unincorporated business and/or professional practice, and/or net farm self-employment income. For hourly employment compensation use "wages".

• BROADER TERM(S)

INCOME

• NARROWER TERM(S)

SALARIES AND WAGES

• RELATED TERM(S)

WAGES

• USED FOR

EMPLOYMENT INCOME

EARNINGS INEQUALITY 

• USE

WAGE INEQUALITY

EASTERN CANADA (Search for related entries in the library)

• BROADER TERM(S)

CANADA

• NARROWER TERM(S)

NEW BRUNSWICK

NEWFOUNDLAND

NOVA SCOTIA

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

• USED FOR

ATLANTIC CANADA

EASTERN EUROPE (Search for related entries in the library)

• BROADER TERM(S)

EUROPE

ECOFEMINISM (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: A branch of feminism interested in the relationship between gender-based oppression and the destruction of the environment (often through technological means).

• BROADER TERM(S)

FEMINISM

ECONOMIC CITIZENSHIP 

Scope Note: Either the economic requirements of citizenship (such as those associated with classes of immigrants) or the economic conditions experienced by individuals that either allow for or prohibit full participation in all aspects of citizenship.

• BROADER TERM(S)

CITIZENSHIP

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS (Search for related entries in the library)

• NARROWER TERM(S)

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

• RELATED TERM(S)

EMPLOYMENT FORECASTING

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (Search for related entries in the library)

• RELATED TERM(S)

ECONOMIC POLICY

ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING

ECONOMIC FAMILIES (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: A group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common-law, or adoption.

• BROADER TERM(S)

FAMILIES

• RELATED TERM(S)

EMPLOYMENT STATUS OF SPOUSE

RELATIONS OF DISTRIBUTION

• USED FOR

ECONOMIC HOUSEHOLDS