economic

economic

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪk/]

Senses

1. economic (adj) — sense 1

Definition: Pertaining to an economy.

Example: 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.

2. economic (adj) — sense 2

Definition: Frugal; cheap (in the sense of representing good value); economical.

3. economic (adj) — sense 3

Definition: Pertaining to the study of money and its movement.

4. economic (noun) — sense 4

Definition: The art or science of household management, especially relating to the appropriate organization of resources; housekeeping.

5. economic (noun) — sense 5

Definition: One who is skilled in household management.

6. economic (noun) — sense 6

Definition: One who manages the income of a vacant benefice.

Structure of the word

Roots:
  • weyḱ (Proto-Indo-European)
  • nem (Proto-Indo-European)

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