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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024e•con•o•my /ɪˈkɑnəmi/USA pronunciation n., pl. -mies. - Business[uncountable] thrifty management;
wise care in the saving, spending, or using of money, materials, etc. - Business[countable] an act or means of such care: Walking to work is one of my economies.
- Business[countable] the management of the resources of a community, country, etc., esp. with a view to its productivity.
See -nom-1. economy is a noun, economics is a noun, economical is an adjective, economize is a verb:The economy is improving. Economics is a hard subject. They bought an economical car. They need to economize on fuel. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024e•con•o•my (i kon′ə mē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -mies, adj., adv. n. - Businessthrifty management;
frugality in the expenditure or consumption of money, materials, etc. - Businessan act or means of thrifty saving;
a saving:He achieved a small economy by walking to work instead of taking a bus. - Businessthe management of the resources of a community, country, etc., esp. with a view to its productivity.
- Businessthe prosperity or earnings of a place:Further inflation would endanger the national economy seriously.
- Businessthe disposition or regulation of the parts or functions of any organic whole;
an organized system or method. - Businessthe efficient, sparing, or concise use of something:an economy of effort; an economy of movement.
- BusinessSee economy class.
- Religion[Theol.]
- the divine plan for humanity, from creation through redemption to final beatitude.
- the method of divine administration, as at a particular time or for a particular race.
- [Obs.]the management of household affairs.
adj. - intended to save money:to reduce the staff in an economy move.
- costing less to make, buy, or operate:an economy car.
- of or pertaining to economy class:the economy fare to San Francisco.
adv. - in economy-class accommodations, or by economy-class conveyance:to travel economy.
- Greek oikonomíā household management, equivalent. to oîko(s) house + -nomia -nomy
- Latin oeconomia
- Middle French economie)
- (1520–30
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged thriftiness, thrift, saving.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged lavishness, extravagance, wastefulness.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: economy /ɪˈkɒnəmɪ/ n ( pl -mies)- careful management of resources to avoid unnecessary expenditure or waste; thrift
- a means or instance of this; saving
- sparing, restrained, or efficient use, esp to achieve the maximum effect for the minimum effort: economy of language
- the complex of human activities concerned with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services
- a particular type or branch of such production, distribution, and consumption: a socialist economy, an agricultural economy
- the management of the resources, finances, income, and expenditure of a community, business enterprise, etc
- a class of travel in aircraft, providing less luxurious accommodation than first class at a lower fare
- (as modifier): economy class
- (modifier) offering or purporting to offer a larger quantity for a lower price: economy pack
- the orderly interplay between the parts of a system or structure: the economy of nature
- the principle that, of two competing theories, the one with less ontological presupposition is to be preferred
- archaic the management of household affairs; domestic economy
Etymology: 16th Century: via Latin from Greek oikonomia domestic management, from oikos house + -nomia, from nemein to manage |