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Economize
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Part of speech: verb (v.)
To manage with economy; to use with prudence; to expend with frugality; as, to economize one's income. [Written also economise.] Expenses in the city were to be economized. Jowett (Thucyd. ). Calculating how to economize time. W. Irving.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To be prudently sparing in expenditure; to be frugal and saving; as, to economize in order to grow rich. [Written also economise.] Milton.