# economic
## English
### Alternative forms

* economick, œconomic (archaic)
* œconomick (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Middle French economique, from Latin oeconomicus, from Ancient Greek οἰκονομικός (oikonomikós, “skilled with household management”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪk/, /ˌɛkəˈnɒmɪk/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American, Canada) IPA: /ˌikəˈnɑmɪk/, /ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk/
** Audio (US):(file)
** Audio (Ontario):(file)
* (General Australian) IPA: /ˌiːkəˈnɔmɪk/, /ˌekəˈnɔmɪk/
* (India) IPA: /ˌiːkɔˈnɒmɪk/, /ˌɛkɔˈnɒmɪk/
* Rhymes: -ɒmɪk

### Adjective

economic (comparative more economic, superlative most economic)
* 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.
** 2021 January 7, Charles Hugh Smith, The Tyranny Nobody Talks About‎:There is much talk of tyranny in the political realm, but little is said about the tyrannies in the economic realm, a primary one being the tyranny of high costs: high costs crush the economy from within and enslave those attempting to start enterprises or keep their businesses afloat.
* Frugal; cheap (in the sense of representing good value); economical.
* Pertaining to the study of money and its movement.
* (obsolete) Pertaining to the management of a household
** 1714 [1599], John Davies, edited by Nahum Tate, The Original, Nature, and Immortality of the Soul‎, 2nd edition, London: Hammond Banks, page 64:And doth employ her Oeconomick Art, and buisy Care, her Houshold to preserve

#### 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

* agro-economic
* agroeconomic
* antieconomic
* bioeconomic
* clinicoeconomic
* countereconomic
* economical
* economic blockade
* economic capital
* economic corridor
* economic crisis
* economic cybernetics
* economic determinism
* economic emigrant
* economic equilibrium
* economic freedom
* economic growth
* economic immigrant
* economic indicator
* economic liberalism
* economic migrant
* economic moat
* economic mobility
* economic nationalism
* economicology
* economic output
* economic plunder
* economic rationalism
* economic refugee
* economic rent
* economics
* economic scenario generator
* economic science
* economic substance
* economic terrorism
* economic warfare
* genoeconomic
* geoeconomic
* hydroeconomic
* macro-economic
* macroeconomic
* medicoeconomic
* mesoeconomic
* microeconomic
* mixed economic
* nanoeconomic
* neuroeconomic
* non-economic
* noneconomic
* pharmacoeconomic
* political-economic
* politico-economic
* politicoeconomic
* pseudoeconomic
* psychoeconomic
* quasieconomic
* sexuo-economic
* socio-economic
* socio-political-economic
* special economic zone
* subeconomic
* technoeconomic
* techonomic
* thermoeconomic
* uneconomic

#### Related terms

* economise
* economize

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* oncomice

## Ladin
### Adjective

economic m pl
* plural of economich

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin oeconomicus.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

economic m (feminine singular economica, masculine plural economics, feminine plural economicas)
* economic

#### Derived terms

* economicament

#### Related terms

* economia

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French économique. By surface analysis, economie +‎ -ic.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /e.koˈno.mik/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

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