Adjective: economic ,e-ku'nó-mik or ,ee-ku'nó-mik
- Of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth
"economic growth";
- economical
- Of or relating to the science of economics
"economic theory"
- Using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness
"an economic use of home heating oil";
- economical
- Concerned with worldly necessities of life (especially money)
"in economic terms they are very privileged"; "he wrote the book primarily for economic reasons"; "gave up the large house for economic reasons"
- 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"
See also: efficient, profitable, secular, temporal, worldly
Encyclopedia: Economic, social, and cultural rights