different between pecuniary vs economic

English

Etymology

From Latin pec?ni?rius, from pec?nia (“money”), itself from pec? (“cattle”) and thus doublet of fee.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p??kju?n(j?)?i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p??kjuni??i/

Adjective

pecuniary (not comparable)

1. Of, or relating to, money; monetary, financial.
   • 1858, Anthony Trollope, Doctor Thorne, Chapter IV:

     Perhaps the reader will suppose after this that the doctor had some pecuniary interest of his own in arranging the squire's loans; or, at any rate, he will think that the squire must have thought so.

   • 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.21:

     The views of philosophers, with few exceptions, have coincided with the pecuniary interests of their class.

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• economick, œconomic (archaic)
• œconomick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French economique, from Latin oeconomicus, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (oikonomikós, “skilled with household management”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?i?k??n?m?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??k??n?m?k/
• Rhymes: -?m?k

Adjective

economic (comparative more economic, superlative most economic)

1. Pertaining to an economy.
2. Frugal; cheap (in the sense of representing good value); economical.
3. Pertaining to the study of money and its movement.

Usage notes

Modern usage prefers economic when describing the economy of a region or country (and when referring to personal or family budgeting).
Economical is preferred when referring to thrift or value for money.

Derived terms

• economical
• economics

Related terms

• economise
• economize
• economic blockade
• economic warfare

Translations

Anagrams

• oncomice

Ladin

Adjective

economic m pl

1. plural of economich

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin oeconomicus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

economic m (feminine singular economica, masculine plural economics, feminine plural economicas)

1. economic

Derived terms

• economicament

Related terms

• economia

Romanian

Etymology

From French économique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.ko?no.mik/

Adjective

economic m or n (feminine singular economic?, masculine plural economici, feminine and neuter plural economice)

1. economic
2. economical

Declension