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adj/ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪk//ˌɛ-//ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk/
  1. 1

    Pertaining to an economy.

    • 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 econ
    • There is much talk of tyranny in the political realm, but little is said about the tyrannies in the economic realm, a primary one being the tyranny of high costs: high costs crush the economy from within and enslave those attempting to star
  2. 2

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

  3. 3

    Pertaining to the study of money and its movement.

  4. 4

    Pertaining to the management of a householdobsolete

    • And doth employ her Oeconomick Art, and buisy Care, her Houshold to preserve
noun/ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪk//ˌɛ-//ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk/
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    One who is skilled in household management.countableobsoleterare

  3. 3

    One who manages the income of a vacant benefice.countablehistoricalobsolete

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