Economize

Definitions: Economize

Economize

Verb

1. Use cautiously and frugally; "I try to economize my spare time".

2. Spend sparingly, avoid the waste of; "This move will save money"; "The less fortunate will have to economize now".

Date "economize" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references)

Synonyms: Economize

Synonyms: conserve (v), economise (v), husband (v), save (v). (additional references)

Antonym: waste (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Economy	Verb: be economical; Adjective: practice economy; economize, save; retrench, cut back expenses, cut expenses; cut one's coat according to one's cloth, make both ends meet, keep within compass, meet one's expenses, pay one's way, pay as you go; husband; (lay by).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Economize

English words defined with "economize": conserve ♦ economise, Economized, Economizing ♦ Housewive, husband ♦ Multum ♦ save. (references)

Specialty definitions using "economize": tariff. (references)

Author	Quotation
Sir Matthew Hale	The more business one has, the more you are able to accomplish, for you learn to economize your time.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Insurance experts believe, however, that this arrangement does not meet the medical needs of the recipient because hospitals tend to economize and become parsimonious. (references)
		Private hospitals tend to use more outside hospital support services to economize their operations, whereas, government-owned hospitals are slow to adapt to the new management environment. (references)
		In the residential subsector, a growing tendency to economize and cut down on costs is affecting the U.S. share of the market, as buyers are opting for low cost brands, especially locally manufactured water heaters. (references)
Worker Rights	Moldova	In practice the depressed economy has led enterprises to economize on safety equipment and show little concern for worker safety problems. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	TARIFF, n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer. The Enemy of Human Souls Sat grieving at the cost of coals; For Hell had been annexed of late, And was a sovereign Southern State. "It were no more than right," said he, "That I should get my fuel free. The duty, neither just nor wise, Compels me to economize -- Whereby my broilers, every one, Are execrably underdone. What would they have? -- although I yearn To do them nicely to a turn, I can't afford an honest heat. This tariff makes even devils cheat! I'm ruined, and my humble trade All rascals may at will invade: Beneath my nose the public press Outdoes me in sulphureousness; The bar ingeniously applies To my undoing my own lies; My medicines the doctors use (Albeit vainly) to refuse To me my fair and rightful prey And keep their own in shape to pay; The preachers by example teach What, scorning to perform, I teach; And statesmen, aping me, all make More promises than they can break. Against such competition I Lift up a disregarded cry. Since all ignore my just complaint, By Hokey-Pokey! I'll turn saint!" Now, the Republicans, who all Are saints, began at once to bawl Against his competition; so There was a devil of a go! They locked horns with him, tete-a-tete In acrimonious debate, Till Democrats, forlorn and lone, Had hopes of coming by their own. That evil to avert, in haste The two belligerents embraced; But since 'twere wicked to relax A tittle of the Sacred Tax, 'Twas finally agreed to grant The bold Insurgent-protestant A bounty on each soul that fell Into his ineffectual Hell. Edam Smith
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Economize" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 85.19% of the time. "Economize" is used about 27 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	85.19%	23	72,767
Lexical Verb (base form)	14.81%	4	175,879
Total	100.00%	27	N/A

Expression using "economize": economize on. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "economize"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		ekonomizoj. (various references)

Arabic		‏وفر (put away, put by, put by smth., save, set apart, set aside), ‏إقتصد (eke out, manage, retrench, save, scrimp, sock away, spare). (various references)

Bulgarian		икономисвам (observe economy, save, scant, scrape, skimp). (various references)

Chinese		节约 (economise, Economized, Economizing, frugal). (various references)

Czech		šetrnì hospodařit. (various references)

Farsi		صرفه جوءی کردن , رعایت اقتصادکردن . (various references)

Finnish		säästellä (be sparing), säästää (keep, reserve, save, save up, spare). (various references)

French		faire des économies, épargner, économiser. (various references)

German		sparen (conserve, economize on, make savings, save, save up, saving, scrimp, skimp, spare, stint), haushalten (be economical, budget, husbandry, keep house, manage). (various references)

Greek		οικονομώ (put by, save). (various references)

Hebrew		לקמץ (be miserly, be stingy, retrench, scant, scrimp, skimp, stint), לחסוך (put away, put by, save, spare, stint, withhold). (various references)

Hungarian		takarékoskodik (draw in, to draw in, to economize, to save, to spare, to stint), spórol (cut corners, save, save money, to save, to skimp, to spare), gazdálkodik (farm, husband, to farm, to husband, to manage). (various references)

Indonesian		menghemat (cut corner), berekonomi. (various references)

Italian		economizzare (economise, retrench, save, skimp). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		省く (to curtail, to economize, to eliminate, to omit). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		きりつめる (to economize, to reduce, to shorten), かけい�'しめる (to economize in the household), はぶく (to curtail, to economize, to eliminate, to omit). (various references)

Korean		검약하십시�" (economise). (various references)

Manx		tarmayney, spaarail (afford, doing without, save, saving, spare). (various references)

Pig Latin		economizeay.(various references)

Portuguese		economistas. (various references)

Romanian		economisi (administer, put in the box, save, scrape, supervise), pune bani de o parte, face economii (retrench, scrape together, scrape up, screw, spare). (various references)

Russian		экономить (retrench, save, skimp, spare, thrift). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		ekonomisati, štedeti (husband, save, save up, spare). (various references)

Spanish		economizar (be miserly, husband, nickel and dime, pinch, retrench, scrape, skimp, spare). (various references)

Swedish		hushålla (keep house). (various references)

Thai		ประหยั�" (economical, economize on, frugal, save, tighten one's belt). (various references)

Turkish		ekonomi yapmak, kısmak (abridge, attenuate, ax, axe, check, choke, choke back, choke off, curtail, cut back, cut down on, depress, diminish, draw in, narrow, pare, pare down, pinch, put down, qualify, reduce, retrench, scrimp, skimp, soften, stint, throttle, throttle down, tighten, turn down), idareli kullanmak (be sparing of, eke out, go slow, harvest, husband, spare), artırmak (add, aggrandize, amplify, augment, bid up, boom, boost, build up, bump up, compound, deepen, eke out, enhance, escalate, exalt, fade up, gain, heighten, improve, increase, outbid, overbid, put on, put up, raise, run up, save, scale up, screw up, send up, step up, swell out, swell up, up, upgrade, whip up, work up). (various references)

Turkmen		tygюytlamak (spare). (various references)

Ukranian		хазяйнувати (rule the roost), заощаджувати (husband, retrench), економити (spare). (various references)

Welsh		cynilo (save). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	parcam, parcamus, parcas, parcat, parcatis, parce, parcebant, parcebat, parcendum, parcens, parcentes, parcere, parceret, parces, parcet, parcis, parcit, parcite, parco, pepercerint, peperceris, pepercerunt, peperci, pepercisti, pepercit, pepercitque. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "economize": economized, economizer, economizers, economizes. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Economize" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Economie, economis, economism, economiste, recolonize. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "economize" (pronounced ikÄ"numī'z or ēkÄ"numī'z)
5	-n u m ī' z	minimize.
4	-u m ī' z	compromise, customize, epitomize, itemize, legitimize, maximize, optimize, randomize.
5	-n u m ī' z	minimize.
4	-u m ī' z	compromise, customize, epitomize, itemize, legitimize, maximize, optimize, randomize.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-e-i-m-n-o-o-z"
	-3 letters: icemen, income, ozonic.
	-4 letters: cooee, cozen, cozie, mince, mizen, monie, niece, nomoi, ozone.
	-5 letters: cine, cion, coin, come, cone, coni, coon, emic, icon, meno, meze, mice, mien, mine, mono, moon, mozo, neem, nice, nome, omen, once, ooze, zein, zinc, zoic, zone, zoom, zoon.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-e-i-m-n-o-o-z"
	+1 letter: economized, economizer, economizes.
	+2 letters: economizers.
	+3 letters: contemporize.
	+4 letters: contemporized, contemporizes.
	+5 letters: gonadectomized.
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