All economy synonyms
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E e noun economy
- recession β a return of ownership to a former possessor.
- layoff β the act of dismissing employees, especially temporarily.
- decrease β When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- parsimony β extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess; niggardliness.
- meanness β the state or quality of being mean.
- reduction β the act of reducing or the state of being reduced.
- cutback β A cutback is a reduction that is made in something.
- providence β a state of the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast: a part of New England. 1214 sq. mi. (3145 sq. km). Capital: Providence. Abbreviation: RI (for use with zip code), R.I.
- regulation β a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
- discretion β the power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgment; freedom of judgment or choice: It is entirely within my discretion whether I will go or stay.
- thriftiness β practicing thrift or economical management; frugal: a thrifty shopper.
- thrift β economical management; economy; frugality.
- direction β the act or an instance of directing.
- abridgement β a shortened or condensed form of a book, speech, etc., that still retains the basic contents: an abridgment of Tolstoy's War and Peace.
- restraint β a restraining action or influence: freedom from restraint.
- prudence β a female given name.
- carefulness β cautious in one's actions: Be careful when you cross the street.
- curtailment β The curtailment of something is the act of reducing or limiting it.
- austerity β Austerity is a situation in which people's living standards are reduced because of economic difficulties.
- care β If you care about something, you feel that it is important and are concerned about it.
- husbandry β the cultivation and production of edible crops or of animals for food; agriculture; farming.
- supervision β the act or function of supervising; superintendence.
- deduction β A deduction is a conclusion that you have reached about something because of other things that you know to be true.
- moratorium β a suspension of activity: a moratorium on the testing of nuclear weapons.
- shrinkage β the act or fact of shrinking.
- caution β Caution is great care which you take in order to avoid possible danger.
- stinginess β reluctant to give or spend; not generous; niggardly; penurious: He's a stingy old miser.
- miserliness β of, like, or befitting a miser; penurious; stingy; niggardly.
- niggardly β reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly.
- rollback β an act or instance of rolling back.
- retrenchment β the act of retrenching; a cutting down or off, as by the reduction of expenses.
- sparing β kept in reserve, as for possible use: a spare part.
- frugality β the quality of being frugal, or prudent in saving; the lack of wastefulness: Many people who have lived through periods of economic deprivation develop lifelong habits of frugality and are almost never tempted by wasteful consumption.
- saving β tending or serving to save; rescuing; preserving.
adjective economy
- cheap β Goods or services that are cheap cost less money than usual or than you expected.
- budget β Your budget is the amount of money that you have available to spend. The budget for something is the amount of money that a person, organization, or country has available to spend on it.
- reduced β that is or has been reduced.
- family β the children of one person or one couple collectively: We want a large family.
- low-cost β able to be purchased or acquired at relatively little cost: low-cost life insurance; low-cost housing.
- bargain β Something that is a bargain is good value for money, usually because it has been sold at a lower price than normal.