ECONOMIZE


Meaning of ECONOMIZE in English

verb

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Families on low incomes are having to economize on food and heating costs.

Sorry, I can't come out tonight - I'm trying to economize .

We're economizing this year by having a cheaper vacation.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Having several models economized shooting time since a second unit could operate simultaneously.

He had tried to economize with the size and quality and the envelopes were in danger of splitting.

He was a master at economizing on his investments.

If she economized, and perhaps moved in with William, she could probably last for longer.

Meanwhile, industry, too, had economized, with steel producers using about 20 percent less energy per ton.

Other things equal, the higher the rate of interest, the more individuals can be expected to economize on cash holdings.

So she economized by drinking cheap cooking sherry.

This lack of sensitivity to the wellsprings of quality largely stems from shopworn but doggedly persistent ideas on where to economize .

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