/huz"beuhn dree/ , n.
1. the cultivation and production of edible crops or of animals for food; agriculture; farming.
2. the science of raising crops or food animals.
3. careful or thrifty management; frugality, thrift, or conservation.
4. the management of domestic affairs or of resources generally.
[ 1250-1300; ME housebondrie. See HUSBAND, -RY ]