(economies)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
An ~ is the system according to which the money, industry, and trade of a country or region are organized.
Zimbabwe boasts Africa’s most industrialised ~.
N-COUNT
2.
A country’s ~ is the wealth that it gets from business and industry.
The Japanese ~ grew at an annual rate of more than 10 per cent.
N-COUNT: usu the N in sing
3.
Economy is the use of the minimum amount of money, time, or other resources needed to achieve something, so that nothing is wasted.
...improvements in the fuel ~ of cars...
N-UNCOUNT: with supp
4.
If you make economies, you try to save money by not spending money on unnecessary things.
They will make economies by hiring fewer part-time workers.
N-COUNT: usu pl
5.
Economy services such as travel are cheap and have no luxuries or extras.
see ~ class
ADJ: ADJ n
6.
Economy is used to describe large packs of goods which are cheaper than normal sized packs.
...an ~ pack containing 150 assorted screws.
ADJ: ADJ n
7.
If you describe an attempt to save money as a false ~, you mean that you have not saved any money as you will have to spend a lot more later.
A cheap bed can be a false ~...
PHRASE: v-link PHR