economizing
present 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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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
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Simplifying, that is, learning to live with fewer material possessions byeconomizing, yields a surplus of time which can itself be employed for better ends.
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A public accustomed to seeing science as aneconomizingtool could well become discouraged by such prospects.
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Success depended upon concentrating force at the decisive point,economizingit elsewhere, and employing surprise to multiply the impact of the offensive.
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The role of agricultural cooperatives is shown to help overcome these limitations in order to take advantage of the transaction-costeconomizingproperties of family farms.
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Indeed, beyond the point of showing science's historical tendency towardeconomizingon effort, science education might even become self-defeating.
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Arms-length, anonymity, self-interest, and value-freeeconomizingare not all there is to the purchase and the sale.
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As they saw it,economizingon transaction costs was a comparative static approach to a decision that had a dynamic of learning and innovation at its core.
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Williamson has argued thateconomizingon transaction costs is the main drive in the decision about an efficient governance form.
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Economizingthe use of nitrogen fertilizer in wheat production through enriched compost plus urea-amended soil, indicating more stability of composted organic wastes over uncomposted organic wastes32.
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This information has, however, to be reviewed in the light of the present urgent need foreconomizingman-power, even if this means postponing certain activities which are desirable in themselves.
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The chairs were specially designed for export,economizingon space and packaging requirements for transportation.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The successful strategy was to deploy capitaleconomizingtechniques, and reinvesting profits rather than borrowing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.And as we have seen, this meant primarilyeconomizingon military expenditures, as these comprised the bulk of the federal budget.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.While seemingly irrational, the cognitive biases may be interpreted as the result of bounded rationality, with human beings making decisions whileeconomizingtime and effort.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Jointness is aimed at satisfying the requirements for increasing efficiency andeconomizingthe security budget.
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- purse-strings
- pursing
- pursuance
- pursuant
- pursue
- pursued
- pursuer
- pursuing
- pursuit
- pursuit of excellence
- pursuit of happiness
- pursuit of happiness
- pursuit of justice
- pursuit of justice
- pursuit of knowledge
- pursuit of peace
- pursuit of perfection
- pursuit of pleasure
- pursuit of profit
- pursuit of self-interest
- pursuit of self-interest
- pursuit of self-interest
- pursuit of self-interest
- pursuit of wealth
- pursuit of wealth