| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To save, skimp or scrimp.[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Present participle conjugation of the verb economize.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (economize) | 1. Use cautiously and frugally; "I try to economize my spare time".[Wordnet]. 2. Spend sparingly, avoid the waste of; "The less fortunate will have to economize now".[Wordnet]. 3. To manage with economy; to use with prudence; to expend with frugality; as, to economize one's income.[Websters]. 4. To be prudently sparing in expenditure; to be frugal and saving; as, to economize in order to grow rich.[Websters]. 5. Base verb from the following inflections: economizing, economized, economizes, economizer, economizers, economizingly and economizedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Being decreasing, diminishing or dwindling.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Being sagging or drooping. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being frugal or thrifty. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being stingy or spare. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being developing or ennobling.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "ECONOMIZING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ECONOMIZING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Using with frugality.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of economize. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: ECONOMIZING
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Economizing chamber | Transportation | A device to save lockage water by means of providing closed storage capacity at the side/sides of a lock. This also reduces fluctuations of stage in the pools. The lock having such a provision is called "thrift lock" Source: European Union. (references) | |
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