Definition of 'economic'
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economic in British English
adjective
2. British
capable of being produced, operated, etc, for profit; profitable
the firm is barely economic
4.
concerned with or relating to the necessities of life; utilitarian
5. a variant of economical
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economic in American English
adjective
1.
of or having to do with the management of the income, expenditures, etc. of a household, business, community, or government
2.
3.
of or having to do with economics
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economic in American English
(ˌekəˈnɑmɪk, ˌikə-)
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
7.
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Word 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]Examples of 'economic' in a sentence
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economic
British English: economic
/ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪk; ˌɛkə-/ ADJECTIVE
Economic means concerned with the organization of the money, industry, and trade of a country, region, or society.
...Poland's economic situation.
- American English: economic /ˈik-, ɛkəˈnɒmɪk/
- Arabic: اِقْتِصَاديّ
- Brazilian Portuguese: econômico
- Chinese: 经济学的
- Croatian: ekonomski
- Czech: ekonomický hospodářský
- Danish: økonomisk
- Dutch: economisch
- European Spanish: económico Economía
- Finnish: talous-
- French: économique
- German: wirtschaftlich
- Greek: οικονομικός
- Italian: economico
- Japanese: 経済の
- Korean: 경제학의
- Norwegian: økonomisk
- Polish: ekonomiczny
- European Portuguese: económico
- Romanian: economic
- Russian: экономический
- Latin American Spanish: económico
- Swedish: ekonomisk
- Thai: ซึ่งเกี่ยวกับเศรษฐกิจ
- Turkish: ekonomi
- Ukrainian: економічний
- Vietnamese: thuộc về kinh tế
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