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   E·con·o·my

   /ēˈkänəmē/

   

   noun

   • 1. the wealth and resources of a country or region, especially in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services. Similar wealth(financial) resourcesfinancial systemfinancial statefinancial management
   • ▪ a particular system or stage of an economy: "a free-market economy"
   • 2. careful management of available resources: "even heat distribution and fuel economy" Similar thriftprovidenceprudencethriftinesscanninesscarefulnesscaregood managementgood husbandrycareful budgetingeconomizingsavingscrimping and savingscrimpingrestraintfrugalityfuel-savingabstemiousnessmeannesspenny-pinchingmiserlinessniggardlinessparsimonyforehandednessinformal:stinginessrare:sparingnessfrugalnessOpposite extravagance
   • ▪ sparing or careful use of something: "economy of words" Similar thriftprovidenceprudencethriftinesscanninesscarefulnesscaregood managementgood husbandrycareful budgetingeconomizingsavingscrimping and savingscrimpingrestraintfrugalityfuel-savingabstemiousnessmeannesspenny-pinchingmiserlinessniggardlinessparsimonyforehandednessinformal:stinginessrare:sparingnessfrugalnessOpposite extravagance
   • ▪ a financial saving: "there were many economies to be made by giving up our offices in Manhattan"
   • ▪ the cheapest class of air or rail travel: "we flew economy"

   adjective

   • 1. (of a product) offering the best value for the money: "an economy pack"
   • ▪ designed to be economical to use: "an economy car"

   Word Origin late 15th century (in the sense ‘management of material resources’): from French économie, or via Latin from Greek oikonomia ‘household management’, based on oikos ‘house’ + nemein ‘manage’. Current senses date from the 17th century.

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