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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, especially 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.
EXPANDpertaining to use as a resource in the economy: economic entomology; economic botany.
6.
COLLAPSEaffecting or apt to affect the welfare of material resources: weevils and other economic pests.
Origin:
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
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
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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
EXPANDun·ec·o·nom·ic, adjective
COLLAPSE
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- We have the highest economic growth of any of the world's major industrialized nations.
- The present economic mess may be the result of changes made since the 1980s.
- Almost as soon as the economic meltdown began, the ominous warnings started.
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| economic (ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪk, ˌɛkə-) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of or relating to an economy, economics, or finance: economic development; economic theories |
| 2. | (Brit) capable of being produced, operated, etc, for profit; profitable: the firm is barely economic |
| 3. | concerning or affecting material resources or welfare: economic pests |
| 4. | concerned with or relating to the necessities of life; utilitarian |
| 5. | a variant of economical |
| 6. | informal inexpensive; cheap |
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economic
1590s, "pertaining to management of a household," from L. oeconomicus, from Gk. oikonomikos (see economy). Meaning "relating to the science of economics" is from 1835 and now is the main sense, economical retaining the older one of "characterized by thrift."
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