transcription, транскрипция: [ i:kənɒmɪk, ek- ]
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
Economic means concerned with the organization of the money, industry, and trade of a country, region, or society.
...Poland’s radical economic reforms...
The pace of economic growth is picking up.
ADJ : usu ADJ n
• eco‧nomi‧cal‧ly
...an economically depressed area...
Economically and politically, this affair couldn’t come at a worse time.
ADV : ADV adj / -ed , ADV after v , ADV with cl
2.
If something is economic , it produces a profit.
The new system may be more economic but will lead to a decline in programme quality.
= profitable
ADJ