Definition of economy

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Economy (n.) Thrifty and frugal housekeeping; management without loss or waste; frugality in expenditure; prudence and disposition to save; as, a housekeeper accustomed to economy but not to parsimony..

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Get :: Get (v. t.) To procure; to obtain; to gain possession of; to acquire; to earn; to obtain as a price or reward; to come by; to win, by almost any means; as, to get favor by kindness; to get wealth by industry and economy; to get land by purchase, etc..
Chrematistics :: Chrematistics (n.) The science of wealth; the science, or a branch of the science, of political economy..
Matron :: Matron (n.) A housekeeper; esp., a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public instution; a head nurse in a hospital; as, the matron of a school or hospital..
Axiom :: Axiom (a.) An established principle in some art or science, which, though not a necessary truth, is universally received; as, the axioms of political economy..
Providence :: Providence (n.) Prudence in the management of one's concerns; economy; frugality.
General :: General (a.) Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable economy..
Cheeseparing :: Cheeseparing (a.) Scrimping; mean; as, cheeseparing economy..
Neglect :: Neglect (v.) Omission of proper attention; avoidance or disregard of duty, from heedlessness, indifference, or willfulness; failure to do, use, or heed anything; culpable disregard; as, neglect of business, of health, of economy..
Housewive :: Housewive (v. t.) To manage with skill and economy, as a housewife or other female manager; to economize..
Flow :: Flow (v. i.) To proceed; to issue forth; as, wealth flows from industry and economy..
Avail :: Avail (n.) Profit; advantage toward success; benefit; value; as, labor, without economy, is of little avail..
Economize :: Economize (v. t.) To manage with economy; to use with prudence; to expend with frugality; as, to economize one's income..
Physiocrat :: Physiocrat (n.) One of the followers of Quesnay of France, who, in the 18th century, founded a system of political economy based upon the supremacy of natural order..
Porporino :: Porporino (n.) A composition of quicksilver, tin, and sulphur, forming a yellow powder, sometimes used by mediaeval artists, for the sake of economy, instead of gold..
Frugal :: Frugal (n.) Obtained by, or appropriate to, economy; as, a frugal fortune..
Catallactics :: Catallactics (n.) The science of exchanges, a branch of political economy..
Scottish :: Scottish (a.) Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Scotland, their country, or their language; as, Scottish industry or economy; a Scottish chief; a Scottish dialect..
Saving :: Saving (n.) Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy..
Economical :: Economical (a.) Relating to domestic economy, or to the management of household affairs..
Disorder :: Disorder (n.) Disturbance of the functions of the animal economy of the soul; sickness; derangement.
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