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economy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | saving |
| Type of | action |
| Has types | retrenchment, curtailment, downsizing, economy of scale |
| Derivation | economize, economic, economical |
it was a small economy to walk to work every day.
economy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | thriftiness |
| Type of | frugality, frugalness |
| Derivation | economize, economical |
the Scots are famous for their economy.
economy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | economic system |
| Type of | system, scheme |
| Has types | industrialism, market economy, mixed economy, non-market economy, private enterprise, free enterprise, state socialism, laissez-faire economy, state capitalism |
| Derivation | economic, economist, economical |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | efficiency |
| Derivation | economical, economic, economist, economize |
economy of effort.
Examples of economy
economy
Despite months of sluggish hiring, the economy is headed in the right direction.
From the dailyherald.com
The trouble is that Obama, having stabilized the economy, weakened the recovery.
From the newsweek.com
Consumer spending is critical because it powers about 70 percent of the economy.
From the thenewstribune.com
The nation's economy is slowly getting better and people are driving more often.
From the news-journalonline.com
Let's all face the fact that our economy in the United States is in a free fall.
From the washingtontimes.com
One is oil, whose every change in supply sends jolts through the global economy.
From the sacbee.com
He says he wants to curb government spending and heal Nevada's troubled economy.
From the omaha.com
She vows to clean up the political cesspool and kick-start the sluggish economy.
From the washingtontimes.com
With the sour economy, she adds, she is busier than ever fixing shoes and boots.
From the DesMoinesRegister.com
- The system of production and distribution and consumption
- The efficient use of resources; "economy of effort"
- Frugality in the expenditure of money or resources; "the Scots are famous for their economy"
- An act of economizing; reduction in cost; "it was a small economy to walk to work every day"; "there was a saving of 50 cents"
- (economic) of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth; "economic growth"; "aspects of social, political, and economical life"
- (economic) financially rewarding; "it was no longer economic to keep the factory open"; "have to keep prices high enough to make it economic to continue the service"
- Walden (first published as Walden; or, Life in the Woods) is an American book written by noted Transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, and manual for self reliance.
- (economical) Careful with money so as not to spend too much; prudent; thrifty; Relating to economy in any other sense
- (economic) pie The money available in the _economy.
