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economize

 
(ĭ-kŏn'ə-mīz') pronunciation

v., -mized, -miz·ing, -miz·es.

v.intr.
  1. To practice economy, as by avoiding waste or reducing expenditures.
  2. To make economical use of something: "The best that can be said for this method is that it economizes on thought" (Christopher Hitchens).
v.tr.
To use or manage with thrift: the need to economize scarce energy resources.

economizer e·con'o·miz'er n.

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verb

    To use without wasting: conserve, save, spare. See save/waste.

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v

Definition: save money
Antonyms: spend, squander, throw away

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: To spend sparingly; to use only a small amount of something.

pronunciation The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize. — Franklin D. Roosevelt, American statesman and former U.S. president.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - spare, foretage besparelser, økonomisere
v. tr. - spare på, holde hus med

Nederlands (Dutch)
bezuinigen

Français (French)
v. intr. - économiser sur, faire des économies
v. tr. - économiser, épargner

Deutsch (German)
v. - sparen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κάνω οικονομία, εξοικονομώ

Italiano (Italian)
economizzare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - economizar

Русский (Russian)
экономить, экономно использовать

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - ahorrar, economizar, reducir los gastos
v. tr. - ahorrar, economizar, reducir los gastos

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - hushålla, spara

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
节约, 节省

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 節約, 節省
v. tr. - 節約, 節省

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 절약하다
v. tr. - 절약하다, 유익하게 쓰다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 経済的に使用する, 節約する, 最大限有効に使う, 経済を図る, 経済的に使う

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يقتصد, يوفر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮חסך, קימץ בהוצאות, נמנע מביזבוז‬
v. tr. - ‮חסך, קימץ בהוצאות‬


 
 

 

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