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economical

adj
/ˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪ.kəl/UK/ˌɛk.əˈnɑ.mɪ.kəl/CA/ˌek.əˈnɔm.ɪ.kəl/

Etymology

From economic + -al.

  1. derived from οἰκονόμος — “master of a house; household manager, steward; administrator, manager”
  2. derived from oeconomus — “housekeeper, steward; administrator, especially of a religious foundation”
  3. derived from economo
  4. derived from *nem-✻ — “to distribute; to give; to take”
  5. derived from *weyḱ-✻ — “(verb) to enter in; to settle; (noun) settlement”
  6. derived from οἰκονομῐκός — “skilled in household management; frugal, thrifty, economical”
  7. derived from oeconomicus — “(noun) household manager, housekeeper, steward; (adjective) relating to orderly arrangement of written material”
  8. derived from iconomike — “(noun) household management; person in charge of household management; (adjective) relating to household management; relating to domestic or family matters; relating to management of a state; reducing costs or expenses, economical”
  9. derived from iconomique
  10. inherited from economike
  11. suffixed as economical — “economic + al”

Definitions

  1. Careful with money so as not to spend too much

    Careful with money so as not to spend too much; prudent; thrifty.

    • He was an economical person by nature.

  2. Saving money or resources.

    • The new, eco-friendly bicycle was an economical purchase.
    • Regular freight trains between Abergavenny and Merthyr were withdrawn on November 24, 1954, because it was found both practicable and more economical to send this traffic by less severely-graded routes.
    • The whole [resignalling] scheme has proved more economical than the construction of a new Clyde bridge.

  3. Relating to economy in any other sense.

    • In economical science, value and the power of producing value are taken into consideration.
    • By Use, then, in the sense given it by the Say-Hermann school, we have to think of an objective useful element which proceeds from goods, and acquires independent economical existence as well as independent economical value.
    • Doctor in Economical Sciences.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Having a low economy rate.

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Derived

agroeconomical, bioeconomical, economically, economicalness, economical with the truth, geoeconomical, noneconomical, pharmacoeconomical, socio-political-economical, uneconomical, uneconomicalness

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at economical. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at economical. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at economical

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA