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ec⋅o⋅nom⋅ic

  [ek-uh-nom-ik, ee-kuh-]
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–adjective
1. pertaining to the production, distribution, and use of income, wealth, and commodities.
2. of or pertaining to the science of economics.
3. pertaining to an economy, or system of organization or operation, esp. of the process of production.
4. involving or pertaining to one's personal resources of money: to give up a large house for economic reasons.
5. pertaining to use as a resource in the economy: economic entomology; economic botany.
6. affecting or apt to affect the welfare of material resources: weevils and other economic pests.
7. economical.
Origin:
1585–95; (< MF economique) < L oeconomicus < Gk oikonomikós relating to household management, equiv. to oikonóm(os) steward (oîko(s) house + nómos manager) + -ikos -ic
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ec·o·nom·ic   (ěk'ə-nŏm'ĭk, ē'kə-)   
adj.  

    1. Of or relating to the production, development, and management of material wealth, as of a country, household, or business enterprise.

    2. Of or relating to an economy: a period of sustained economic growth.

    3. Financially rewarding; economical: It was no longer economic to keep the manufacturing facilities open.

    4. Efficient; economical: an economic use of home heating oil.

  2. Of or relating to the science of economics: new economic theories regarding the effects of deficit spending.

  3. Of or relating to the practical necessities of life; material: wrote the book primarily for economic reasons.

    1. Financially rewarding; economical: It was no longer economic to keep the manufacturing facilities open.

    2. Efficient; economical: an economic use of home heating oil.

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