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Synonyms for economy

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ih-kon-uh-mee
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈkɒn ə mi

Top 10 synonyms for economy
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Définition of economy

Origin :
  • 1530s, "household management," from Latin oeconomia, from Greek oikonomia "household management, thrift," from oikonomos "manager, steward," from oikos "house" (cognate with Latin vicus "district," vicinus "near;" Old English wic "dwelling, village;" see villa) + nomos "managing," from nemein "manage" (see numismatics). The sense of "wealth and resources of a country" (short for political economy) is from 1650s.
  • noun saving, frugality
Example sentences :
  • If we permit our economy to drift and decline, the vulnerable will suffer most.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • It would not be in keeping with His economy to have any entity wasted.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • What, then, is civilization in the economy of the human animal?
  • Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
  • (b) How can economy be exercised in the use of butter in cooking?
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • For convenience and economy, these jars or cans should be labeled.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 1 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • Honest labor united with economy is the best way to acquire it.
  • Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
  • Now, it is evident that there is here a profitable source of economy.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 » by Various
  • This is a sort of economy having all the appearances and some of the advantages of prudence.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • I had little or no money, Calcutta being no place for economy.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • A moral mildew mingles with and blasts the economy of nature.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier

Antonyms for economy

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