adj.
- Of or relating to the production, development, and management of material wealth, as of a country, household, or business enterprise.
- Of or relating to an economy: a period of sustained economic growth.
- Of or relating to the science of economics: new economic theories regarding the effects of deficit spending.
- Of or relating to the practical necessities of life; material: wrote the book primarily for economic reasons.
- Financially rewarding; economical: It was no longer economic to keep the manufacturing facilities open.
- Efficient; economical: an economic use of home heating oil.
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