English

Alternative forms

• economick (archaic)
• œconomic (archaic)
• œconomick (obsolete)

Adjective

economic ‎(comparative more economic, superlative most economic)

1. 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.

2. Frugal; cheap (in the sense of representing good value); economical.
3. Pertaining to the study of money and its movement.

Usage notes

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.

Derived terms

• economical
• economics

Related terms

• economise
• economize
• economic blockade
• economic warfare

Translations

Anagrams

• oncomice

Ladin

Adjective

economic m pl

1. plural of economich

Romanian

Etymology

From French économique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.koˈno.mik/

Adjective

economic m, n ‎(feminine singular economică, masculine plural economici, feminine and neuter plural economice)

1. economic
2. economical

Declension