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1. Of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth
   "economic growth";
   - economical
    
2. Using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness
   "an economic use of home heating oil";
   - economical
    
3. 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"
    
4. 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"
    
5. Of or relating to the science of economics
   "economic theory"

See also: efficient, profitable, secular, temporal, worldly

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