economies

[ih-kon-uh-mee]

e·con·o·my

[ih-kon-uh-mee] noun, plural e·con·o·mies, adjective, adverb
noun
1.
thrifty management; frugality in the expenditure or consumption of money, materials, etc.
2.
an act or means of thrifty saving; a saving: He achieved a small economy by walking to work instead of taking a bus.
3.
the management of the resources of a community, country, etc., especially with a view to its productivity.
4.
the prosperity or earnings of a place: Further inflation would endanger the national economy seriously.
5.
the disposition or regulation of the parts or functions of any organic whole; an organized system or method.
EXPAND
6.
the efficient, sparing, or concise use of something: an economy of effort; an economy of movement.
8.
Theology.
a.
the divine plan for humanity, from creation through redemption to final beatitude.
b.
the method of divine administration, as at a particular time or for a particular race.
9.
Obsolete. the management of household affairs.
COLLAPSE
adjective
10.
intended to save money: to reduce the staff in an economy move.
11.
costing less to make, buy, or operate: an economy car.
12.
of or pertaining to economy class: the economy fare to San Francisco.

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Economies is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
adverb
13.
in economy-class accommodations, or by economy-class conveyance: to travel economy.

Origin:
1520–30; (< Middle French economie) < Latin oeconomia < Greek oikonomíā household management, equivalent to oîko(s) house + -nomia -nomy

non·e·con·o·my, noun, plural non·e·con·o·mies.
sub·e·con·o·my, noun, plural sub·e·con·o·mies.
su·per·e·con·o·my, noun, plural su·per·e·con·o·mies.


1. thriftiness, thrift, saving.


1. lavishness, extravagance, wastefulness.

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