Economic

Definition: Economic

Economic

Adjective

1. Of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth; "economic growth"; "aspects of social, political, and economical life".

2. Of or relating to the science of economics; "economic theory".

3. Concerned with worldly necessities of life (especially money); "he wrote the book primarily for economic reasons"; "gave up the large house for economic reasons"; "in economic terms they are very privileged".

4. Financially rewarding; "it was no longer economic to keep the factory open"; "have to keep prices high enough to make it economic to continue the service".

5. Using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness; "an economic use of home heating oil"; "a modern economical heating system"; "an economical use of her time".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "economic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1755. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonym: Economic

Crosswords: Economic

Romanian (cheap, cruising, economic, economical, frugal, thrifty).

Nobody's looking for a puppeteer in today's wintry economic climate (Being John Malkovich; writing credit: Charlie Kaufman)

Even those who arrange and design shrubberies are under considerable economic stress in this period in history (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman; John Cleese)

Of all the Basic Applied Economic Principles of Capitalism in the Post-Industrial Era Seminars in the world, you had to walk into mine (Family Ties; writing credit: Marissa Garrido; Raimundo Lopes)

How can you take an economic crisis seriously (Robin Williams: Live on Broadway; writing credit: Robin Williams)

Cash is the fossil fuel that keeps our economic pistons pumping (Home for the Holidays; writing credit: W.D. Richter)

Her Economic Independence (1917)

Global Progress: Economic Interdependence (1995)

Economic Cooperation: Noel's Lemonade Stand (Ujamaa) (1981)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Shenzhen Special Economic Zone Real Esta: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Economic Risks and Forces in Asia and Oceana, 2000 (reference)

• The 2001 Kiribati Economic and Product Market Databook (reference)

• The 2001 Pacific Islands Trust Economic and Product Market Databook (reference)

• The 2001 Christmas Island Economic and Product Market Databook (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Impact of Changing Technological and Economic Factors on Markets for Natural Industrial Fibers: Case Studies on Jute, Kenaf, Sisal and Abaca (Fao Ec) (reference)

• An economic survey of the Australian abalone fishery, 1970-71 to 1972-73 (reference)

• Co2 Abatement and Economic Structural Change in the European Internal Market (Contributions to Economics) (reference)

• Methodologies for Assessing the Economic Consequences of Nuclear Reactor Accidents (Radiation Protection) (reference)

• Economic Demand for Irrigated Acreage: New Methodology and Some Preliminary Projections (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Economic & Financial Report (reference)

• Economic And Financial Review (reference)

• Finnish Economic Papers (reference)

• Finnish Forest Sector Economic Outlook (reference)

• Economic Fluctuations And Growth (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

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Mapping the Ocean Floor Joint NOAA-USGS Exclusive Economic Zone Project Office NOAA responsible for multi-beam bathymetric mapping program. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Map from NOAA Exclusive Economic Zone Mapping Project Mitchell Basin map showing small portion of Sigsbee Escarpment Image is 30 nautical miles by approximately 50 nautical miles. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Scientists study reefs for many reasons, economic and ecologic. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

3-Dimensional image of Monterey Canyon system, Pioneer and Guide Seamounts, and approximately 9,000 square nautical miles of continental slope area. This image was derived from approximately 4,000,000 soundings acquired by the NOAA Exclusiv e Economic Zone Mapping Project. At the time this was made, it was the largest computer-generated 3-D view of the seafloor ever generated by multi-beam data. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Resource and economic planning in a small community in Iowa. Credit: Lynn Betts.

Joe Shevchik, NRCS District Conservationist, William Towns, NRCS Engineering Technician, and Executive Director, Keystone Economic Development Corporation survey plans for a new park and nature trail for the Bethel A.M.E. Park in Pittsburgh, PA. [Slide 9. Credit: Bob Nichols.

England in danger of economic collapse. Credit: Library of Congress.

Economic law. Credit: Library of Congress.

Newly appointed consular officers who are assigned to assist consuls general in economic studies: Charles D. Westcott, H.C. Hengetler, WilburJ. Carr, Nathaniel B. Stewart, Maurice Parmalee, Frederick E. Lee, Herbert O. Williams, and David C. Munroe. Credit: Library of Congress.

Lauchlin B. Currie, Executive Director, Office of Economic Warfare, with Senator Robert A. Taft-- / Chase, Washington, D.C. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Since the development of class antagonism keeps even pace with the development of industry, the economic situation, as they find it, does not as yet offer to them the material conditions for the emancipation of the proletariat. (reference)

In this recommendation regard will be paid to the wishes of the inhabitants as shown by the vote and to the geographical and economic conditions of the locality. (reference)

Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

There is the religious mine, the philosophic mine, the political mine, the economic mine, the revolutionary mine

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Health

AD puts a heavy economic burden on society. (references)

STDs affect men and women of all backgrounds and economic levels. (references)

Assessment of economic and social impact on the patient's family should be included. (references)

Business

Latent demand is largely driven by economic fundamentals. (references)

High unemployment is the key economic problem in Germany. (references)

Women are sometimes the unintended victims of economic reforms. (references)

Children

Tunisia

The code proscribes child abuse, abandonment, and sexual or economic exploitation. (references)

Guinea

Prostitution exists in the informal economic sector and employs girls as young as 14 years of age. (references)

Malawi

Accepted economic and social practice hampers the ability of women and girls to gain an education. (references)

Civil Liberties

Suriname

Few of them have chosen to do so, generally for economic reasons. (references)

Greece

The Orthodox Church wields significant political and economic influence. (references)

Nauru

It has been particularly vocal regarding economic crises during the year. (references)

Discrimination

Saudi Arabia

The Shi'a religious minority suffers social, legal, economic, political, and sectarian discrimination. (references)

Bangladesh

Women, children, minority groups, and persons with disabilities often confront social and economic disadvantages. (references)

Singapore

Social, economic, and cultural benefits and facilities are available to all citizens regardless of race, religion, or sex. (references)

Economic History

India

Economic sanctions are being reviewed. (references)

Guinea

Annual economic growth rate (2000): 1.8%. (references)

France

Its full economic impact remains uncertain. (references)

Human Rights

Ethiopia

Most evidence suggests that their motives primarily were economic. (references)

Indonesia

Special laws on corruption, economic crimes, and narcotics are under the Criminal Code. (references)

Tajikistan

Some killings were committed by competing government factions for both political and economic motives. (references)

Indigenous People

Paraguay

Weak organization and lack of financial resources limit access by indigenous people to the political and economic system. (references)

Finland

Sami have political and civil rights, and they are able to participate in decisions affecting their economic and cultural interests. (references)

Australia

Federal and state government leaders agreed in November 2000 to promote the economic welfare of indigenous people and reduce economic disparity. (references)

Minorities

Haiti

Racial distinctions tend to parallel social and economic strata. (references)

Panama

Blacks are conspicuously absent from positions of political and economic power. (references)

Dominican Republic

Darker-skinned Dominicans also face informal barriers to social and economic advancement. (references)

Political Economy

Mongolia

It relies heavily on foreign economic assistance. (references)

GREECE

Some of Greece's economic activity remains unrecorded. (references)

Nauru

Societal pressures limit women's economic opportunities. (references)

Political Rights

Saudi Arabia

Broader "political" concerns--social, economic, or foreign policy--rarely are raised. (references)

Monaco

The 30-member Economic and Social Council advises the Government on social, financial, and economic questions. (references)

East Timor

East Timorese headed the ministries of Internal Administration, Infrastructure, Economic Affairs, Foreign Affairs, and Social Affairs. (references)

Trade

Uae

The GCC also conducts economic dialogues with Japan and the US. (references)

Albania

Receipt of this aid is conditioned on on-going economic reforms. (references)

Ukraine

Normally, free economic zones are created for a period of 10 to 30 years. (references)

Travel

Latvia

COUNTRY DESCRIPTION: Latvia is a nation in the midst of economic transition. (references)

Chad

Crime appears to increase during times of political and economic instability. (references)

Ghana

Pickpocketing, purse snatching and economic scams are the most common forms of crime confronting visitors. (references)

Women

China

Women's economic and political influence has increased. (references)

Mozambique

Women continued to experience economic discrimination in practice. (references)

China

Women have borne the brunt of the economic reform of state-owned enterprises. (references)

Worker Rights

Armenia

Labor disputes are arbitrated in regular or economic courts. (references)

Kyrgyz Republic

It provides legal, social, and economic assistance to victims. (references)

Syria

He and his deputy may attend cabinet meetings on economic affairs. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "economic": American Economic Association ♦ Black Sea Economic Cooperation ♦ council of Economic Advisors ♦ deflation of economic data ♦ economic activity ♦ economic administration ♦ economic adviser ♦ economic advisor ♦ economic aid ♦ economic analyst ♦ Economic and Social Council ♦ economic and Social Council commission ♦ economic austerity ♦ economic blockade ♦ economic boom ♦ economic climate ♦ economic Commission for Africa ♦ economic Commission for Asia and the Far East ♦ economic Commission for Europe ♦ economic Commission for Latin America ♦ Economic Competition ♦ economic condition ♦ economic consumption ♦ economic counselor ♦ economic crime ♦ economic crisis ♦ economic cycle ♦ economic data ♦ economic department ♦ economic depreciation ♦ economic depression ♦ economic development ♦ economic domain ♦ economic downturn ♦ economic embargo ♦ economic endpoint ♦ economic expert ♦ economic exploitation ♦ economic factor ♦ economic figures ♦ economic fire protection theory ♦ economic forecast ♦ economic forecaster ♦ economic forecasting ♦ economic freedom ♦ economic geography ♦ economic geology ♦ economic goal ♦ economic goods ♦ economic groupings ♦ economic growth ♦ economic incentives ♦ economic indicators ♦ economic interests ♦ economic jargon ♦ economic knowledge ♦ economic life of a project ♦ economic links ♦ economic management ♦ economic miracle ♦ economic mobilisation ♦ economic mobilization ♦ economic motives ♦ economic or Ricardian rent ♦ economic plan ♦ economic planning ♦ economic plight ♦ economic policy ♦ economic potential ♦ economic power ♦ economic problems ♦ economic process ♦ economic profile ♦ economic programme ♦ economic projection ♦ economic prosperity ♦ economic recession ♦ economic recovery ♦ economic reform ♦ economic regulators ♦ economic relief plan ♦ economic rent ♦ economic restrictions ♦ economic sanctions ♦ economic science ♦ economic sentiment indicator ♦ economic situation ♦ economic slowdown ♦ economic slump ♦ economic strangulation ♦ economic system ♦ economic theory ♦ economic threshold ♦ economic turnaround ♦ economic turnround ♦ economic uncertainty ♦ economic value ♦ economic value added ♦ Economic Value of Life ♦ economic warfare ♦ economic working life. Additional references.

Beginning with "economic": economic-activity, economic-assistance, economic-capital, economic-convergence, economic-development, economic-growth-based, economic-orientated, economic-performance, economic-policy, economic-practicability, economic-recovery, economic-reform, economic-technical.

Ending with "economic": extra-economic, macro-economic, micro-economic, non-economic, political-economic, politico-economic, techno-economic.

Containing "economic": aid-for-economic-reform, social-and-economic-factors, socio-economic class, socio-economic-cultural-political.

Afrikaans

ekonomiese, ekonomies (economical). (various references)

Albanian

ekonomik (economical), kursimtar (canny, economist, parsimonious, prudent, saver, saving, thrifty), i kursyer (abstemious, abstinent, careful, cheap, close, frugal, penurious, provident, skimpy, thrifty), i ekonomisë (economical). (various references)

Arabic 

‏قابل للإستثمار الرابح, ‏إقتصادي (economical, frugal). (various references)

Bulgarian 

стопански, рентабилен (gainful, lucrative, pay, payable, paying), икономически (economical), икономичен (economical, economy, inexpensive, sparing, thrifty). (various references)

Chinese 

�"濟 (economy), 经济 (Economical, Economics, Economies, Economy). (various references)

Czech

ekonomický (economical), hospodářský. (various references)

Danish

økonomisk-,landbrugs-og statstælling (agriculture, and governments censuses). (various references)

Dutch

telling van economische, landbouw- en overheidsactiviteiten (agriculture, and governments censuses), conjunctuur (business cycle, business cyclical situation, business outlook, economic activity, economic climate, economic conditions, economic cycle, economic situation, level of economic activity, state of trade, trade cycle). (various references)

Farsi 

اقتصادی . (various references)

Finnish

taloustieteellinen, taloudellinen (economical, financial), kansantaloudellinen (politico-economic). (various references)

French

exploitable, recensements économique, agricole et gouvernemental, économique (economical). (various references)

German

wirtschaftlich (careful, economical, economically, labor, labour, thriftily, thrifty), volkswirtschaftlich. (various references)

Greek 

οικονομικόσ (economical, financial, fiscal, thrifty), οικονομικός (financial), οικονομολογικόσ (economical, financial). (various references)

Hebrew 

כלכלי. (various references)

Hungarian

közgazdasági, gazdasági. (various references)

Indonesian

ekonomis (economical). (various references)

Italian

economico (cheap, economical, inexpensive, saving, thrifty). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

経済的 (economical). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

けいざいてき (economical). (various references)

Korean 

경� � (Economical, Economics, Economies, Economy). (various references)

Manx

tarmaynagh (economical, economist), ladoosagh (industrious, notable, persevering, successful, thrifty). (various references)

Norwegian

økonomisk (financial). (various references)

Pig Latin

economicay.(various references)

Portuguese

econômico (chary, cheap, economical, forehanded, frugal, parsimonious, pay, provident, saving, sparing, thrifty), poupado (economical, parsimonious, provident, sparing, thrifty). (various references)

Romanian

economic (cheap, cruising, economical, frugal, thrifty), rentabil (advantageous, commercial, gainful, non-deficient, payable, paying, profitable, remunerative, rewarding), privitor la economie, material (cloth, copy, corporeal, earthly, fabric, financial, mass, material, matter, palpable, physical, real, sensual, stuff, substantial, tissue), chibzuit (balanced, canny, cautious, circumspect, deliberate, discreet, economical, judicious, measured, provident, providently, prudent, reflective, thought-out, thrifty, wary, wise), care aduce câştig, beneficiar (beneficiary, gainer, recipient). (various references)

Russian 

экономический. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

privredni (economy), štedljiv (economical, frugal, managing, parsimonious, penny-wise, saving, sparing, thrifty). (various references)

Spanish

económico (affordable, economical, fiscal, income, inexpensive, saving, sparing, thrifty). (various references)

Swedish

ekonomisk (economical, financial, thrifty). (various references)

Thai

เกี่ยวกับเศรษฐกิจ. (various references)

Turkish

ekonomik (economical, economy), iktisadi, hesaplı (calculated, economical, well balanced). (various references)

Ukrainian

господарський, ощадливий (abstemious, canny, chary, economical, frugal, housewifely, inexpensive, parsimonious, provident, prudent, saving, scanty), економічний (economical), економний (canny, economical, managing, sparing, thrifty), практичний (applicative, applied, canny, hard bitten, hard-wearing, practical, pragmatic, pragmatical, usable). (various references)

Vietnamese 

kinh tế mang lợi. (various references)

Welsh

economaidd. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "economic": economical, economically, economics. (additional references)

Words ending with "economic": antieconomic, macroeconomic, microeconomic, noneconomic, socioeconomic, uneconomic. (additional references)

Words containing "economic": macroeconomics, microeconomics, socioeconomically, uneconomical. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Economic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ebonomic, ecnomic, econamic, econimic, econmomic, Econo, econom, economcy, economi, Economica, Economie, econominc, economis, economism, economoic, econonic, ecoonmic, egonomic, ekonomika, exonomic. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: income.

-3 letters: comic, conic, mince, monie, nomoi.

-4 letters: cine, cion, coco, coin, come, cone, coni, coon, emic, icon, meno, mice, mien, mine, mono, moon, nice, nome, omen, once.

-5 letters: con, coo, eon, ice, ion, men, moc, mon, moo, nim, nom, noo, one.

+1 letter: economics.

+2 letters: cosmogenic, economical, uneconomic.

+3 letters: cacodemonic, chromogenic, econometric, microsecond, monocracies, noneconomic, pneumococci.

+4 letters: antieconomic, chronometric, cochairwomen, concomitance, councilwomen, econometrics, economically, meningococci, microseconds, monospecific, uneconomical.

+5 letters: actinomycoses, chromonematic, concomitances, conglomeratic, macroeconomic, meningococcal, meningococcic, meningococcus, microeconomic, misconception, misconnection, noncommercial, noncompliance, nondemocratic, semiconductor, semiconscious, socioeconomic.