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economy

Noun

∙ Effective management of the resources of a community or system.
∙ Collective focus of the study of money, currency and trade, and the efficient use of resources.
∙ Frugal use of resources.
∙ The system of production and distribution and consumption. The overall measure of a currency system; as the national economy.
∙ The method of divine government of the world. theology
∙ Management of one’s residency. archaic

Adjective

∙ Cheap to run; using minimal resources; representing good value for money.

BABYLON ENGLISH
economy n.
management of resources (i.e. money, goods, etc.); thrift, careful spending

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
economy
economy
\e*con"o*my\ (?), n.; pl. economies (#). [f. économie, l. oeconomia household management, fr. gr. &?;, fr. &?; one managing a household; &?; house (akin to l. vicus village, e. vicinity) + &?; usage, law, rule, fr. ne`mein to distribute, manage. see vicinity, nomad.]
1. the management of domestic affairs; the regulation and government of household matters; especially as they concern expense or disbursement; as, a careful economy. himself busy in charge of the household economies.
2. 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.
3. the system of rules and regulations by which anything is managed; orderly system of regulating the distribution and uses of parts, conceived as the result of wise and economical adaptation in the author, whether human or divine; as, the animal or vegetable economy; the economy of a poem; the jewish economy. the position which they [the verb and adjective] hold in the general economy of language. in the greek poets, as also in plautus, we shall see the economy of poems better observed than in terence. jonson. the jews already had a sabbath, which, as citizens and subjects of that economy, they were obliged to keep.
4. 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.
similar words(4)

non-market economy
laissez-faire economy
token economy
political economy

WORDNET 2.0
economy
Noun
1. the system of production and distribution and consumption
(synonym) economic system
(hypernym) system, scheme
(hyponym) industrialism
(part-meronym) sector
2. the efficient use of resources; "economy of effort"
(hypernym) efficiency
(derivation) save, economize, economise
3. frugality in the expenditure of money or resources; "the Scots are famous for their economy"
(synonym) thriftiness
(hypernym) frugality, frugalness
(derivation) save, economize, economise
4. 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"
(synonym) saving
(hypernym) action
(hyponym) retrenchment, curtailment, downsizing
(derivation) save, economize, economise

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Economy
An economy (Greek οίκος-household and νέμoμαι - manage)is an area of the production, distribution or trade, and consumption of goods and services by different agents in a given geographical location. The economic agents can be individuals, businesses, organizations, or governments. Transactions occur when two parties agree to the value or price of the transacted good or service, commonly expressed in a certain currency.
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WIKTIONARY - Yabla

economy

Noun

∙ Effective management of the resources of a community or system.
∙ Collective focus of the study of money, currency and trade, and the efficient use of resources.
∙ Frugal use of resources.
∙ The system of production and distribution and consumption. The overall measure of a currency system; as the national economy.
∙ The method of divine government of the world. theology
∙ Management of one’s residency. archaic

Adjective

∙ Cheap to run; using minimal resources; representing good value for money.

BABYLON ENGLISH
economy n.
management of resources (i.e. money, goods, etc.); thrift, careful spending

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
economy
economy
\e*con"o*my\ (?), n.; pl. economies (#). [f. économie, l. oeconomia household management, fr. gr. &?;, fr. &?; one managing a household; &?; house (akin to l. vicus village, e. vicinity) + &?; usage, law, rule, fr. ne`mein to distribute, manage. see vicinity, nomad.]
1. the management of domestic affairs; the regulation and government of household matters; especially as they concern expense or disbursement; as, a careful economy. himself busy in charge of the household economies.
2. 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.
3. the system of rules and regulations by which anything is managed; orderly system of regulating the distribution and uses of parts, conceived as the result of wise and economical adaptation in the author, whether human or divine; as, the animal or vegetable economy; the economy of a poem; the jewish economy. the position which they [the verb and adjective] hold in the general economy of language. in the greek poets, as also in plautus, we shall see the economy of poems better observed than in terence. jonson. the jews already had a sabbath, which, as citizens and subjects of that economy, they were obliged to keep.
4. 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.
similar words(4)

non-market economy
laissez-faire economy
token economy
political economy

WORDNET 2.0
economy
Noun
1. the system of production and distribution and consumption
(synonym) economic system
(hypernym) system, scheme
(hyponym) industrialism
(part-meronym) sector
2. the efficient use of resources; "economy of effort"
(hypernym) efficiency
(derivation) save, economize, economise
3. frugality in the expenditure of money or resources; "the Scots are famous for their economy"
(synonym) thriftiness
(hypernym) frugality, frugalness
(derivation) save, economize, economise
4. 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"
(synonym) saving
(hypernym) action
(hyponym) retrenchment, curtailment, downsizing
(derivation) save, economize, economise

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Economy
An economy (Greek οίκος-household and νέμoμαι - manage)is an area of the production, distribution or trade, and consumption of goods and services by different agents in a given geographical location. The economic agents can be individuals, businesses, organizations, or governments. Transactions occur when two parties agree to the value or price of the transacted good or service, commonly expressed in a certain currency.
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