economic

[ ek-uh-nom-ik, ee-kuh- ]

/ ˌɛk əˈnɒm ɪk, ˌi kə- /

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adjective

pertaining to the production, distribution, and use of income, wealth, and commodities.

of or relating to the science of economics.

pertaining to an economy, or system of organization or operation, especially of the process of production.

involving or pertaining to one's personal resources of money: to give up a large house for economic reasons.

pertaining to use as a resource in the economy: economic entomology; economic botany.

affecting or apt to affect the welfare of material resources: weevils and other economic pests.

economical.

Origin of economic

1585–95; (< Middle French economique) < Latin oeconomicus < Greek oikonomikós relating to household management, equivalent to oikonóm(os) steward ( oîko(s) house + nómos manager) + -ikos -ic

OTHER WORDS FROM economic

an·ti·ec·o·nom·ic, adjective non·e·co·nom·ic, adjective pre·ec·o·nom·ic, adjective qua·si-ec·o·nom·ic, adjective

sub·ec·o·nom·ic, adjective un·ec·o·nom·ic, adjective

Words nearby economic

ecomanagement, econ., econazole, econiche, econometrics, economic, economic cooperation administration, economic cycle, economic determinism, economic geography, economic geology

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In a remote location with little means for economic development, the Brogpas have cultivating this identity to their advantage.

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Turkey has had more than a decade of economic boom, and is now the sixth-most-visited tourist destination in the world.

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Isaacs grew up in Britain, first Liverpool, then London, during a period of economic turmoil and conservative revival.

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He has become the most radical pope in modern memory for his economic populism.

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How nearly the current economic situation may approach to this finished state is a matter of opinion.

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Here, as in the economic field, no one family can succeed entirely by itself.

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His Excellency the Governor and his advisors have thus shown their utter inability to understand the economic needs of the island.

The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 |Various
This subject will be discussed in a later chapter and in connection with other phases of economic dynamics.

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The result of this insurrection was to crystallize tendencies toward harshness which the economic revolution was making advisable.

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British Dictionary definitions for economic

economic

/ (ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪk, ˌɛkə-) /

adjective

of or relating to an economy, economics, or finance economic development; economic theories

British capable of being produced, operated, etc, for profit; profitable the firm is barely economic

concerning or affecting material resources or welfare economic pests

concerned with or relating to the necessities of life; utilitarian

a variant of economical

informal inexpensive; cheap

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