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economic
[ ek-uh-nom-ik, ee-kuh- ]
adjective
- pertaining to the production, distribution, and use of income, wealth, and commodities.
- of or relating to the science of economics.
- pertaining to an economy, or system of organization or operation, especially of the process of production.
- involving or pertaining to one's personal resources of money:
to give up a large house for economic reasons.
- pertaining to use as a resource in the economy:
economic entomology; economic botany.
- affecting or apt to affect the welfare of material resources:
weevils and other economic pests.
economic
/ ˌɛkə-; ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪk /
adjective
- of or relating to an economy, economics, or finance
economic theories
economic development
- capable of being produced, operated, etc, for profit; profitable
the firm is barely economic
- concerning or affecting material resources or welfare
economic pests
- concerned with or relating to the necessities of life; utilitarian
- a variant of economical
- informal.inexpensive; cheap
Other Word Forms
- t·o·Դdzi adjective
- ԴDze··Դdzi adjective
- e··Դdzi adjective
- ܲȴ-o·Դdzi adjective
- ܲe··Դdzi adjective
- ܲe··Դdzi adjective
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Example Sentences
For decades, many in the oil and gas-rich prairie provinces of Alberta and Saskachtewan have bemoaned how they are underrepresented, despite the region's economic significance for the country as a whole.
Lower rates make it easier to borrow and tend to deliver an economic boost.
It's not just his economic policies, as daft and dangerous as they are.
“Now they want to abuse their power again, this time from an economic perspective.”
Some say the tax credits are corporate giveaways and don’t deliver as much economic value as proponents claim.
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