Economizing

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Economize \E*con"o*mize\ ([-e]*k[o^]n"[-o]*m[imac]z), v. t.
     [imp. & p. p. {Economized} ([-e]*k[o^]n"[-o]*m[imac]zd); p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Economizing}.] [Cf. F. ['e]conomiser.]
     To manage with economy; to use with prudence; to expend with
     frugality; as, to economize one's income. [Written also
     {economise}.]


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           Expenses in the city were to be economized. --Jowett
                                                    (Thucyd. ).
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           Calculating how to economize time.       --W. Irving.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "economizing":
     Scotch, canny, careful, chary, cheeseparing, conserving, cooling,
     cooling down, cooling off, curtailment, cutback, economic,
     economization, forehanded, frugal, labor-saving, low growth rate,
     money-saving, parsimonious, penny-wise, provident, prudent,
     prudential, reduction of expenses, reduction of spending,
     retrenchment, saving, scraping, scrimping, skimping, slowdown,
     spare, sparing, thrifty, time-saving, unwasteful