economizing

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Economize \E*con"o*mize\ ([-e]*k[o^]n"[-o]*m[imac]z), v. t.
   [imp. & p. p. {Economized} ([-e]*k[o^]n"[-o]*m[imac]zd); p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Economizing}.] [Cf. F. ['e]conomiser.]
   To manage with economy; to use with prudence; to expend with
   frugality; as, to economize one's income. [Written also
   {economise}.]
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         Expenses in the city were to be economized. --Jowett
                                                  (Thucyd. ).
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         Calculating how to economize time.       --W. Irving.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "economizing":
      Scotch, canny, careful, chary, cheeseparing, conserving, cooling,
      cooling down, cooling off, curtailment, cutback, economic,
      economization, forehanded, frugal, labor-saving, low growth rate,
      money-saving, parsimonious, penny-wise, provident, prudent,
      prudential, reduction of expenses, reduction of spending,
      retrenchment, saving, scraping, scrimping, skimping, slowdown,
      spare, sparing, thrifty, time-saving, unwasteful

    

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