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ec·o·nom·ic  (k-nmk, k-)

adj.

1.

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

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

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.

4.

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

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

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economic

Adjective

1. of or relating to an economy or economics

2. Brit & Austral capable of being produced or operated for profit

3. Informal inexpensive or cheap

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	economic - of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth; "economic growth"; "aspects of social, political, and economical life" economical
	2.	economic - of or relating to the science of economics; "economic theory"
	3.	economic - using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness; "an economic use of home heating oil"; "a modern economical heating system"; "an economical use of her time" economical efficient - being effective without wasting time or effort or expense; "an efficient production manager"; "efficient engines save gas"
	4.	economic - concerned with worldly necessities of life (especially money); "he wrote the book primarily for economic reasons"; "gave up the large house for economic reasons"; "in economic terms they are very privileged" worldly, secular, temporal - characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world; "worldly goods and advancement"; "temporal possessions of the church"
	5.	economic - financially rewarding; "it was no longer economic to keep the factory open"; "have to keep prices high enough to make it economic to continue the service" profitable - yielding material gain or profit; "profitable speculation on the stock market"

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economic

adjective 1. financial, business, trade, industrial, commercial, mercantile

adjective 2. monetary, financial, material, fiscal, budgetary, bread-and-butter (informal) pecuniary

adjective 3. Brit. profitable, successful, commercial, rewarding, productive, lucrative, worthwhile, viable, solvent, cost-effective, money-making, profit-making, remunerative

adjective 4. (Informal) economical, fair, cheap, reasonable, modest, low-priced, inexpensive

Translations

economic [iːkəˈnɔmɪk] adj (= profitable) [price] → económico; [business etc] → rentable

economic [iːkəˈnɔmɪk] adj → économique (= profitable); rentable

economic [iːkəˈnɔmɪk] adj (system, policy etc) → Wirtschafts-;

(profitable) → wirtschaftlich

economic [iːkəˈnɔmɪk] adj → economico/a (= profitable) [price] → vantaggioso/a; [business] → che rende