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Economy :: 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..

Refrain :: Refrain (v. i.) To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain.

Recognizance :: Recognizance (n.) An obligation of record entered into before some court of record or magistrate duly authorized, with condition to do some particular act, as to appear at the same or some other court, to keep the peace, or pay a debt. A recognizance differs from a bond, being witnessed by the record only, and not by the party's seal..

Obtain :: Obtain (v. t.) To hold; to keep; to possess.

Bawn :: Bawn (n.) An inclosure with mud or stone walls, for keeping cattle; a fortified inclosure..

Tradesman :: Tradesman (n.) One who trades; a shopkeeper.

Nab :: Nab (n.) The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot..

Running :: Running (a.) Continuous; keeping along step by step; as, he stated the facts with a running explanation..

Bawd :: Bawd (n.) A person who keeps a house of prostitution, or procures women for a lewd purpose; a procurer or procuress; a lewd person; -- usually applied to a woman..

Burghbrech :: Burghbrech (n.) The offense of violating the pledge given by every inhabitant of a tithing to keep the peace; breach of the peace.

Banker :: Banker (n.) One who conducts the business of banking; one who, individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an establishment for the deposit or loan of money, or for traffic in money, bills of exchange, etc..

Putour :: Putour (n.) A keeper of a brothel; a procurer.

Scotale :: Scotale (n.) The keeping of an alehouse by an officer of a forest, and drawing people to spend their money for liquor, for fear of his displeasure..

Waterboard :: Waterboard (n.) A board set up to windward in a boat, to keep out water..

Respite :: Respite (n.) To keep back from execution; to reprieve.

Housekeeper :: Housekeeper (n.) One who occupies a house with his family; a householder; the master or mistress of a family.

Withhold :: Withhold (v. t.) To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition..

Booker :: Booker (n.) One who enters accounts or names, etc., in a book; a bookkeeper..

Domiculture :: Domiculture (n.) The art of house-keeping, cookery, etc..

Liveryman :: Liveryman (n.) One who keeps a livery stable.

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