economy

  • 51economy —    cheap    Literally, the avoidance of waste. That does not mean necessarily that a traveller in other than an economy seat in an aircraft is feckless.    In supermarket jargon economy may mean large …

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  • 52economy — noun 1) the nation s economy Syn: wealth, (financial) resources; financial system, financial management 2) one can combine good living with economy Syn: thrift, thriftiness, providence, prudence, careful budgeting, economizing …

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  • 53economy — 1. As one of the *Three E’s of Operational auditing, economy refers to the obtaining of resources at the lowest possible cost. Chambers and Rand (1997, 12) define economy in this context as the ratio between planned inputs and actual inputs in… …

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  • 54economy — noun 1) the nation s economy Syn: wealth, financial resources, financial system, financial management 2) one can combine good living with economy Syn: thrift, thriftiness, prudence, careful budgeting, saving, restr …

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  • 55economy — /ɪ kɒnəmɪ/ noun 1. being careful not to waste money or materials ♦ to introduce economies or economy measures into the system to start using methods to save money or materials 2. the financial state of a country, or the way in which a country… …

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  • 56economy — /ɪ kɒnəmɪ/ noun 1. an action which is intended to stop money or materials from being wasted, or the quality of being careful not to waste money or materials ♦ to introduce economies or economy measures into the system to start using methods to… …

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  • 57economy — [16] The underlying notion contained in the word economy is of ‘household management’. It comes, via French or Latin, from Greek oikonomíā, a derivative of oikonómos, a term for the ‘steward of a household’. This was a compound noun formed from… …

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  • 58economy — 1. noun /iːˈkɒn.ə.mi,ɪˈkɒn.ə.mi/ a) Effective management of the resources of a community or system. b) Collective focus of the study of money, currency and trade, and the efficient use of resources. See Also: economics, macroeconomics,… …

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  • 59Economy —    see English Economy and the Wars of the Roses …

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  • 60Economy — Original name in latin Economy Name in other language State code US Continent/City America/New York longitude 40.60007 latitude 80.22478 altitude 242 Population 9363 Date 2010 09 05 …

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