ECONOMY
\ɪkˈɒnəmi], \ɪkˈɒnəmi], \ɪ_k_ˈɒ_n_ə_m_i]\
Definitions of ECONOMY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the system of production and distribution and consumption
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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"
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frugality in the expenditure of money or resources; "the Scots are famous for their economy"
By Princeton University
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the system of production and distribution and consumption
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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"
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frugality in the expenditure of money or resources; "the Scots are famous for their economy"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The management of domestic affairs; the regulation and government of household matters; especially as they concern expense or disbursement; as, a careful economy.
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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.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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The management of domestic affairs; the regulation and government of household matters; especially as they concern expense or disbursement; as, a careful economy.
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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.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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The regulation and management of means and resources; freedom from waste in the use of anything; thrift.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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The management, regulation, and government of a household: especially, the management of the pecuniary concerns of a household; hence, a frugal and judicious use of money: that management which expends money to advantage and incurs no waste: frugality in the necessary expenditure of money. It differs from parsimony, which implies an improper saving of expense. Economy includes also a prudent management of all the means by which property is saved or accumulated, a judicious application of time, of labor, and of the instruments of labor. "I have no other notion of economy than that it is the parent of liberty and ease," says Swift. Also the disposition or arrangement of any work: the system of rules and regulations which control any work, whether divine or human; as, "This economy must be observed in the minutest parts of an epic poem."-Dryden. Specifically, (a) the operations of nature in the generation, nutrition, and preservation of animals and plants; the regular, harmonious system in accordance with which the functions of living animals and plants are performed; as, the animal economy. the vegetable economy. (b) The regulation and disposition of the internal affairs of a state or nation, or of any department of government. "The Jews already had a Sabbath, which as citizens and subjects of that economy they were obliged to keep, and did keep."-Paley.
By Daniel Lyons
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Disposition to save; frugality; cheapness.
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Practical, systematic management of affairs.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The management of the concerns of a household, especially in money matters; a frugal and judicious use of money; the disposition or arrangement of any work; a system of rules and ceremonies; the regular operations of nature in the generation, nutrition, and preservation of animals or plants; distribution or due order of things; judicious and frugal management of public affairs; the regulation and disposition of the affairs of a state or nation, or of any department of government.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The frugal and prudent management of a family or household; frugality; the judicious management and arrangement of the affairs of a nation-the study of the best system for which is called political economy; a system of rules or regulations; the operations of nature in regard to animals or plants.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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By the term animal economy is understood,-the aggregate of the laws which govern the organism. The word economy is, also, used for the aggregate of parts which constitute man or animals.
By Robley Dunglison
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The harmonious working of the component parts of a living organism; as commonly used, the organism itself.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Latin] Management of the house ; prudence and frugality in the use of money and means; arrangement or disposition ; system, rules, or regulations by which things are disposed, as in the kingdom of nature, the providence of God, arid the Jewish or Christian dispensations :—political government, especially with reference to taxation and the development of national wealth and resources; frugality; thriftiness; saving.
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The management of a family; frugality; discretion of expense; disposition of things, regulation; the disposition or arrangement of any work.
By Thomas Sheridan
