01 a. Pertaining to the household; domestic.
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Pertaining to the household; domestic.
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Relating to domestic economy, or to the management of household affairs.“And doth employ her economic art And busy care, her household to preserve.” — Sir J. Davies.
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Managing with frugality; guarding against waste or unnecessary expense; careful and frugal in management and in expenditure; -- said of character or habits.“Just rich enough, with economic care, To save a pittance.” — Harte.
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Managed with frugality; not marked with waste or extravagance; using the minimum of time or effort or resources required for effectiveness; frugal; -- said of acts; saving; as, an economical use of money or of time; an economic use of home heating oil.
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of or pertaining to the national or regional economy; relating to political economy; relating to the means of living, or the resources and wealth of a country; relating to the production or consumption of goods and services of a nation or region; as, economic growth; economic purposes; economical truths; an economic downturn.“These matters economical and political.” — J. C. Shairp.“There was no economical distress in England to prompt the enterprises of colonization.” — Palfrey.“Economic questions, such as money, usury, taxes, lands, and the employment of the people.” — H. C. Baird.
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Regulative; relating to the adaptation of means to an end.
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of or pertaining to economics.
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profitable. Opposite of uneconomic.
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avoiding waste; as, an economical meal. Opposite of wasteful.