Meaning of economy | Babel Free

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1. Effective management of a community or system, or especially its resources.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
2. The regular operation of nature in the generation, nutrition and preservation of animals or plants.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
3. economics
4. System of management; general regulation and disposition of the affairs of a state or nation, or of any department of government.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
5. Economical or inexpensive to buy or use: an economy car; an economy motel.
6. A system of rules, regulations, rites and ceremonies.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
7. Careful use of material resources:frugality, providence, prudence, thrift, thriftiness.
8. The disposition or arrangement of any work.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
9. thrifty; not extravagant. This car is very economical on petrol. ekonomies مُقْتَصِد пестелив econômico úsporný sparsam økonomisk οικονομικός, ολιγοδάπανος económico, ahorrador säästlik کم مصرف؛ صرفه جو taloudellinen économe; économique חֶסכוֹנִי अल्पव्यय सम्बन्धी ekonomičan, štedljiv takarékos; gazdaságos irit sparsamur economico, 経済的な 절약하는 ekonomiškas taupīgs; ekonomisks jimat zuinigbesparende, økonomisk, sparsomoszczędny اقتصادى، سپموونكى poupado care face economie (de) экономный; экономич...
10. The study of money, currency and trade, and the efficient use of resources.
    countable, uncountable
11. spaarsamig إقْتِصادِيّا икономично economicamente hospodárně wirtschaftlich økonomiskt οικονομικά, φθηνά económicamente säästlikult از نظر اقتصادی taloudellisesti économiquement בְּחִיסָכוֹן कम खर्चे में štedljivo takarékosan; gazdaságosan secara ekonomis hagfræðilega; sparlega economicamente 経済的に 절약하여 ekonomiškai taupīgi; ekonomiski dengan jimat zuinigøkonomisk, sparsomt ekonomicznie اقتصادى تو ګه economicamente (din punct de ve­de­re) economic экономно hospodárne gospodarno ekonomično ekono...
12. Frugal use of resources.
    countable, uncountable
13. the study of production and distribution of money and goods. He is studying economics. ekonomie عِلْم الأقْتِصاد икономика economia ekonomie die Volkswirtschaft økonomi οικονομία, οικονομική επιστήμη economía majandusteadus علم اقتصاد taloustiede économie politiqueכלכלה अर्थशास्त्र ekonomija közgazdaság-tudomány ilmu ekonomi economia 経済学 경제학 ekonomika ekonomika ekonomi economiesosialøkonomi ekonomika اقتصاد، هغه علم چه دپانګى دتو ليد، وېش او لګښت څخه خبرې كوى economia eco­no­mie politică экон...
14. a person who is an expert in economics. ekonoom عالِم إقْتِصاد икономист economista ekonom, -ka der/die Volkswirtschaftler(in) økonom οικονομολόγοςeconomista majandusteadlane اقتصاد دان ekonomi économisteכלכלן अर्थशास्त्री ekonomist közgazdász ahli ekonomi hagfræðingur economista 経済学者 경제학자 ekonomistas ekonomists ahli ekonomi econoomsosialøkonomekonomista داقتصاد عالم economista economist экономист ekonóm, -ka ekonomist ekonomista ekonom นักเศรษฐศาสตร์ ekonomist, iktisatçı 經濟學家 економіст اقتصا...
15. The system of production and distribution and consumption. The overall measure of a currency system; as the national economy.
    countable, uncountable
16. to spend money or goods carefully. We must economize on fuel. besuinig, versober يَقْتَصِد، يُوَفِّر، يَدَّخِر икономисвам economizar šetřit sparen økonomisere κάνω οικονομίαeconomizar kokku hoidma صرفه جویی کردن säästää économiser לַחֲסוֹך कम खर्चे में करना štediti takarékosan bánik (vmivel) menghemat spara, fara sparlega með fare economia, risparmiare 節約する 절약하다 taupyti taupīt bercermat bezuinigenspare, være sparsommeligoszczędzać سپما کول economizar a economisi, a face economie (de) экономи...
17. The method of divine government of the world. (See Economy (religion) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.)
    countable, uncountable
18. Careful, thrifty management of resources, such as money, materials, or labor: learned to practice economy in making out the household budget.
19. The part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; economy class.
    US, countable, uncountable
20. The system or range of economic activity in a country, region, or community: Effects of inflation were felt at every level of the economy.
21. Management of one’s residency.
    archaic, countable, uncountable
22. An orderly, functional arrangement of parts; an organized system: "the sense that there is a moral economy in the world, that good is rewarded and evil is punished" (George F. Will).

Equivalents

Examples

“animal economy, vegetable economy”

“the Jewish economy”

“the economy of a poem”

“The place pleased them so much that they spent all their spare time there, scratching and cutting their names on the top of every tower; and at last, having exhausted all other places, finished up with inscribing H.EAST, T.BROWN, on the minute-hand of the great clock; in the doing of which they held the minute-hand, and disturbed the clock's economy.”

“He was learning about economy since 7th grade.”

“economy of word”

“April 5, 1729, Jonathan Swift, letter to St. John I have no other notion of economy than that it is the parent to liberty and ease.”

“Every possible economy was carefully investigated and unnecessary expense, however small, eliminated. The company had no money to spare on "frills."”

“An economy open to free movement of capital can keep a fixed exchange rate, for example, only by subjugating monetary-policy goals to its defence—by raising interest rates sharply, say, when capital outflows put downward pressure on the currency. Yet the trilemma also implies that an economy can enjoy both free capital flows and an independent monetary policy, so long as it gives up worrying about its exchange rate.”

“The economy of God is in Jesus Christ alone.”

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