Economy

[ɪ'kɒnəmɪ] or [ɪ'kɑnəmi]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) an act of economizing; reduction in cost; 'it was a small economy to walk to work every day'; 'there was a saving of 50 cents'.

(noun.) frugality in the expenditure of money or resources; 'the Scots are famous for their economy'.

(noun.) the efficient use of resources; 'economy of effort'.

(noun.) the system of production and distribution and consumption.

錄入:米尔顿--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) The management of domestic affairs; the regulation and government of household matters; especially as they concern expense or disbursement; as, a careful economy.

(n.) Orderly arrangement and management of the internal affairs of a state or of any establishment kept up by production and consumption; esp., such management as directly concerns wealth; as, political economy.

(n.) The system of rules and regulations by which anything is managed; orderly system of regulating the distribution and uses of parts, conceived as the result of wise and economical adaptation in the author, whether human or divine; as, the animal or vegetable economy; the economy of a poem; the Jewish economy.

(n.) Thrifty and frugal housekeeping; management without loss or waste; frugality in expenditure; prudence and disposition to save; as, a housekeeper accustomed to economy but not to parsimony.

格里塔手打

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Frugality, thrift, thriftiness, good husbandry, good housewifery.[2]. Arrangement, regulation, management.[3]. System, plan, established order.

赛勒斯錄入

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Administration, dispensation, management, rule, arrangement, distribution,husbanding

ANT:Maladministration, waste, misrule, mismanagement, disorder, prodigality

編輯:拉维恩

解釋/意思:

n. the management of a household or of money matters: a frugal and judicious expenditure of money: a system of rules or ceremonies: a dispensation as 'the Christian economy:' regular operations as of nature.—adjs. Econom′ic -al pertaining to economy: frugal: careful.—adv. Econom′ically.—ns. Econom′ics the science of household management: political economy; Economisā′tion act of economising.—v.i. Econ′omise to manage with economy: to spend money carefully: to save.—v.t. to use prudently: to spend with frugality.—ns. Economī′ser Econ′omist one who is economical: one who studies political economy.—Political economy (see under Politic).

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