Economic

a.	1.	Pertaining to the household; domestic.
	2.	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.
	3.	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.
	4.	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.
	5.	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.
	6.	Regulative; relating to the adaptation of means to an end.
	7.	of or pertaining to economics.
	8.	profitable. Opposite of uneconomic.
	9.	avoiding waste; as, an economical meal. Opposite of wasteful.

Adj.	1.	economic - of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth; "economic growth"; "aspects of social, political, and economical life" Synonyms: economical
	2.	economic - of or relating to the science of economics; "economic theory"
	3.	economic - 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.	economic - 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.	economic - 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" Synonyms: economical

Scotch, budget, budgetary, canny, careful, chary, cheap, cheeseparing, commercial, conserving, easy, economizing, economy, financial, fiscal, forehanded, frugal, inexpensive, labor-saving, low, low-priced, manageable, mercantile, moderate, modest, monetary, money-saving, nominal, parsimonious, pecuniary, penny-wise, politico-economic, productive, profitable, provident, prudent, prudential, reasonable, remunerative, saving, scrimping, sensible, shabby, shoddy, skimping, socio-economic, solvent, spare, sparing, thrifty, time-saving, token, trade, unexpensive, unwasteful, within means, worth the money

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