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e·con·o·my    Audio Help   [i-kon-uh-mee] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -mies, adjective, adverb
–noun
1.thrifty management; frugality in the expenditure or consumption of money, materials, etc.
2.an act or means of thrifty saving; a saving: He achieved a small economy by walking to work instead of taking a bus.
3.the management of the resources of a community, country, etc., esp. with a view to its productivity.
4.the prosperity or earnings of a place: Further inflation would endanger the national economy seriously.
5.the disposition or regulation of the parts or functions of any organic whole; an organized system or method.
6.the efficient, sparing, or concise use of something: an economy of effort; an economy of movement.
7.economy class.
8.Theology.
a.the divine plan for humanity, from creation through redemption to final beatitude.
b.the method of divine administration, as at a particular time or for a particular race.
9.Obsolete. the management of household affairs.
–adjective
10.intended to save money: to reduce the staff in an economy move.
11.costing less to make, buy, or operate: an economy car.
12.of or pertaining to economy class: the economy fare to San Francisco.
–adverb
13.in economy-class accommodations, or by economy-class conveyance: to travel economy.
[Origin: 1520–30; (< MF economie) < L oeconomia < Gk oikonomíā household management, equiv. to oǐko(s) house + -nomia -nomy]

—Synonyms 1. thriftiness, thrift, saving.
—Antonyms 1. lavishness, extravagance, wastefulness.
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