economic
See also: econòmic
EnglishEdit
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EtymologyEdit
From Middle French economique, from Latin oeconomicus, from Ancient Greek οἰκονομικός (oikonomikós, “skilled with household management”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪk/, /ˌɛkəˈnɒmɪk/
Audio (UK) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk/
- Rhymes: -ɒmɪk
AdjectiveEdit
economic (comparative more economic, superlative most economic)
- Pertaining to an economy.
- 2013 August 3, “Boundary problems”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
- Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.
- 2021 January 7, Charles Hugh Smith, The Tyranny Nobody Talks About[1]:
- There is much talk of tyranny in the political realm, but little is said about the tyrannies in the economic realm, a primary one being the tyranny of high costs: high costs crush the economy from within and enslave those attempting to start enterprises or keep their businesses afloat.
- Frugal; cheap (in the sense of representing good value); economical.
- Pertaining to the study of money and its movement.
- (obsolete) Pertaining to the management of a household
- 1714 [1599], John Davies, Nahum Tate, editor, The Original, Nature, and Immortality of the Soul[2], Second edition, London: Hammond Banks, page 64:
- And doth employ her Oeconomick Art, and buisy Care, her Houshold to preserve
Usage notesEdit
Modern usage prefers economic when describing the economy of a region or country (and when referring to personal or family budgeting).
Economical is preferred when referring to thrift or value for money.
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TranslationsEdit
pertaining to an economy
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cheap
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pertaining to the study of money
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economic m pl
OccitanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin oeconomicus.
PronunciationEdit
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AdjectiveEdit
economic m (feminine singular economica, masculine plural economics, feminine plural economicas)
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RomanianEdit
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AdjectiveEdit
economic m or n (feminine singular economică, masculine plural economici, feminine and neuter plural economice)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of economic
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indefinite | economic | economică | economici | economice | ||
definite | economicul | economica | economicii | economicele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | economic | economice | economici | economice | ||
definite | economicului | economicei | economicilor | economicelor |