单词 | economization |
释义 | economizationn. The action or process of economizing (in various senses), esp. by making efficient use of resources; the establishment of an organization or other structure on economic principles. Also: the result of this. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [noun] > using to the best effect compendium1638 economizing1805 economy1807 economization1842 1842 Huron Reflector (Norwalk, Ohio) 26 July The economization of expenditure in the collection of revenue. 1866 Evening Standard 13 July 3 The economisation of the elements of electricity. 1885 Manch. Examiner 26 May 4/5 A great economisation of the commercial processes. 1905 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 16 244 Under this heading, stand various effects of organization and economization upon the satisfaction of needs. 1938 Times 17 Dec. 14/4 A systematic economization of truth by the Press had persuaded the public that Great Britain was China's principal friend. 1968 L. Fox & D. F. Mayers Computing Methods for Scientists & Engineers vii. 134 Economization was effected just by removing successive high-order terms. 1997 Educ. Rev. Summer 60/1 Is the use of business terms an instrument to gain a new and helpful perspective on the functioning of schools, or is it the beginning of ‘economisation’ and privatisation of education? 2004 Guardian 3 May i. 15/5 One of my newest friends, a distinguished German political commentator of somewhat gloomy mien, was holding forth in the hotel bar... He didn't like the new ‘economisation’ of everything, every policy, every story, every slice of life. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1842 |
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