ec·o·nom·ic 
(ĕk′ə-nŏmĭk, ē′kə-)
(ĕk′ə-nŏmĭk, ē′kə-)adj.
1.
a. Of or relating to the production, development, and management of material wealth, as of a country, household, or business enterprise.
b. Of or relating to an economy: a period of sustained economic growth.
2. Of or relating to the science of economics: new economic theories regarding the effects of deficit spending.
3. Of or relating to the practical necessities of life; material: wrote the book primarily for economic reasons.
4.
a. Financially rewarding; economical: It was no longer economic to keep the manufacturing facilities open.
b. Efficient; economical: an economic use of home heating oil.
- artifice
- artificer
- artificial
- artificial chromosome
- artificial horizon
- artificial insemination
- artificial intelligence
- artificiality
- artificial language
- artificial life
- artificially
- artificial respiration
- artificial selection
- artillerist
- artillery
- artilleryman
- artillery plant
- artily
- artiness
- artiodactyl
- artiodactylous
- artisan
- artisanal
- artisanship
- artist