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den='true'>: economical sense 1
  • having practical or industrial significance or uses affecting material resources
  • archaic of or relating to a household or its management
    • Synonyms & Antonyms
    Synonyms
    fat gainful juicy lucrative money-spinning [chiefly British] moneymaking paying profitable remunerative
    Antonyms
    unprofitable
    Examples
    • //a program to prevent inflation and economic collapse
    • //the President's chief economic adviser
    • //We're looking for a more economic way of doing business.
    First Known Use
    1599, in the meaning defined at sense 5
    History and Etymology
    borrowed from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French yconomique "relating to domestic affairs, relating to the management of a household," borrowed from Medieval Latin oeconomicus (Latin as the title of Xenophon's dialogue Oeconomicus), borrowed from Greek oikonomikós "of a householder or manager, practiced in household or financial management," from oikonómos "manager of a household, steward" + -ikos -ic entry 1 — more at economy entry 1
    economic
    adjectiveden='true'>: economical sense 1
  • having practical or industrial significance or uses affecting material resources
  • archaic of or relating to a household or its management
    • Synonyms & Antonyms
    Synonyms
    fat gainful juicy lucrative money-spinning [chiefly British] moneymaking paying profitable remunerative
    Antonyms
    unprofitable
    Examples
    • //a program to prevent inflation and economic collapse
    • //the President's chief economic adviser
    • //We're looking for a more economic way of doing business.
    First Known Use
    1599, in the meaning defined at sense 5
    History and Etymology
    borrowed from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French yconomique "relating to domestic affairs, relating to the management of a household," borrowed from Medieval Latin oeconomicus (Latin as the title of Xenophon's dialogue Oeconomicus), borrowed from Greek oikonomikós "of a householder or manager, practiced in household or financial management," from oikonómos "manager of a household, steward" + -ikos -ic entry 1 — more at economy entry 1
    economic
    adjective