Economize
[ɪ'kɑnə'maɪz]
Definition
(v. t.) To manage with economy; to use with prudence; to expend with frugality; as, to economize one's income.
(v. i.) To be prudently sparing in expenditure; to be frugal and saving; as, to economize in order to grow rich.
Typist: Rowland
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Save, husband, manage frugally, use prudently.
v. n. Retrench, be frugal, be prudent, be economical, practise economy, husband one's resources.
Typed by Bernadine
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Husband, develop, utilize
ANT:Waste, misuse, sacrifice
Typed by Elvin
Examples
- In line with the development of the steam engine must be considered the efforts to economize fuel. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The boilers have also been elongated, to enlarge the evaporating surface and economize fuel. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Some thrifty housewives economize by utilizing the cooling effects of evaporation. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I could set about economizing in our way of living. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Here were two machines destined to be joined together, economizing space, enhancing economy, augmenting capacity, reducing investment, and increasing dividends. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It economizes space, machinery and workmen, and also is more rapid in reaching the final result. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Checker: Nellie