economized
past simple and past participle ofeconomize
economize
verb[I]
(UKusuallyeconomise)uk/iˈkɒn.ə.maɪz/us/iˈkɑː.nə.maɪz/totrytosavemoneybyreducingtheamountthat you arespending:
You could economizeonfoodby noteatinginrestaurantsall thetime.
A lot ofcompaniesaretryingto economize by not taking on newstaff.
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husbandverbformal
Budgeting money
- balance
- budget
- budgetary
- couponing
- cut back
- cut cornersidiom
- cutback
- defund
- economize
- economy drive
- economy-size
- manage
- save(something)up
- save onsomething
- setsomeoneagainstsomeone
- shoestring
- spending plan
- square
- thrift
- thrifty
Examplesofeconomized
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Lastly, while some farmers employed specialist fencing contractors, mosteconomizedby using their own workers to construct fences.
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One absolute last nitpicking detail: this is a lengthy study and could have beeneconomizedin certain key places.
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What is missing is the theoretical rationalization of the emergence of those transaction costs that areeconomizedby cooperatives.
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Given the declining share of agriculture in total household income, family labor time spent in farm operations tends to beeconomized.
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Whether his rhetorical structures haveeconomizedon intellectual frictions and whether this is an efficient strategy are for the reader to decide.
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Serial producers ofteneconomizedby including a cheater chapter, in which flashbacks to earlier chapters are shown instead of new scenes.
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