Economic(a.) Alt. of Economical
Economical(a.) Pertaining to the household; domestic.
Economical(a.) Relating to domestic economy, or to the management of household affairs.
Economical(a.) Managing with frugality; guarding against waste or unnecessary expense; careful and frugal in management and in expenditure; -- said of character or habits.
Economical(a.) Managed with frugality; not marked with waste or extravagance; frugal; -- said of acts; saving; as, an economical use of money or of time.
Economical(a.) Relating to the means of living, or the resources and wealth of a country; relating to political economy; as, economic purposes; economical truths.
Economical(a.) Regulative; relating to the adaptation of means to an end.
Economically(adv.) With economy; with careful management; with prudence in expenditure.
Economics(n.) The science of household affairs, or of domestic management.
Economics(n.) Political economy; the science of the utilities or the useful application of wealth or material resources. See Political economy, under Political.
Economization(n.) The act or practice of using to the best effect.
Economize(v. i.) To be prudently sparing in expenditure; to be frugal and saving; as, to economize in order to grow rich.
Economize(v. t.) To manage with economy; to use with prudence; to expend with frugality; as, to economize one's income.
Economized(imp. & p. p.) of Economize
Economizer(n.) One who, or that which, economizes.
Economizer(n.) Specifically: (Steam Boilers) An arrangement of pipes for heating feed water by waste heat in the gases passing to the chimney.
Economizing(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Economize

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