economize
to practice economy; avoid waste or extravagance.
to manage economically; use sparingly or frugally.
Origin of economize
1- Also especially British, e·con·o·mise .
Other words for economize
Other words from economize
- un·e·con·o·miz·ing, adjective
Words Nearby economize
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How to use economize in a sentence
To economize — and to allow Robert the free time to write — they’ve moved their family to Berlin.
‘A Lonely Man’ is an elegant suspense novel in the tradition of the ‘The Third Man’ | Maureen Corrigan | May 13, 2021 | Washington PostBut really—telling Ginger to give away the family dog in order to economize?
Dogs and Presidential Candidates: Man's Best Friend Dominates the Race | Leslie Bennetts | December 18, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTHe 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.
Decline of Science in England | Charles BabbageEven the poor who cannot have electricity or gas hardly need economize here with kerosene at its present rates.
Girls and Women | Harriet E. Paine (AKA E. Chester}
Now I have often noticed that women who are compelled to economize in little things are inclined to economize in all things.
Girls and Women | Harriet E. Paine (AKA E. Chester}They economize in the family expenditure; they employ few or no servants, and do plain sewing, dressmaking, and millinery.
The Education of American Girls | Anna Callender Brackett
British Dictionary definitions for economize
economise
/ (ɪˈkɒnəˌmaɪz) /
(often foll by on) to limit or reduce (expense, waste, etc)
Derived forms of economize
- economization or economisation, noun
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