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economize
[ ih-kon-uh-mahyz ]
economize
/ ɪˈkɒnəˌmaɪz /
verb
- often foll by on to limit or reduce (expense, waste, etc)
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Derived Forms
- eˌconomiˈzation, noun
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Other Words From
- une·cono·mizing adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of economize1
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Example Sentences
To economize — and to allow Robert the free time to write — they’ve moved their family to Berlin.
But really—telling Ginger to give away the family dog in order to economize?
He would haggle in a bargain for a shilling, and economize in things beneath a wise man's notice or consideration.
Being naturally anxious to economize the small funds I can devote to science, the request appeared to me a reasonable one.
Even the poor who cannot have electricity or gas hardly need economize here with kerosene at its present rates.
Now I have often noticed that women who are compelled to economize in little things are inclined to economize in all things.
They economize in the family expenditure; they employ few or no servants, and do plain sewing, dressmaking, and millinery.
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