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Dictionary definition · economic

adjective

  1. of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth"economic growth"
  2. of or relating to the science of economics"economic theory"
  3. using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness"an economic use of home heating oil"
  4. concerned with worldly necessities of life (especially money)"he wrote the book primarily for economic reasons"
  5. financially rewarding"it was no longer economic to keep the factory open"

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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).