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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ECON'OMIZE, v.i. To manage pecuniary concerns with frugality; to make a prudent use of money, or of the means of saving or acquiring property. It is our duty to economize, in the use of public money, as well as of our own.
ECON'OMIZE, v.t. To use with prudence; to expend with frugality; as, to economize one's income.
To manage and economize the use of circulating medium.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: use cautiously and frugally; "I try to economize my spare time"; "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit" [syn: conserve, husband, economize, economise] [ant: blow, squander, waste]
2: spend sparingly, avoid the waste of; "This move will save money"; "The less fortunate will have to economize now" [syn: save, economize, economise]

Merriam Webster's

verb (-mized; -mizing) Date: 1816 intransitive verb to practice economy ; be frugal transitive verb to use frugally ; save • economizer noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.intr. (also -ise) 1 be economical; make economies; reduce expenditure. 2 (foll. by on) use sparingly; spend less on. Derivatives: economization n. economizer n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Economize E*con"o*mize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Economized; p. pr. & vb. n. Economizing.] [Cf. F. ['e]conomiser.] 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 1913 Dictionary

Economize E*con"o*mize, v. i. To be prudently sparing in expenditure; to be frugal and saving; as, to economize in order to grow rich. [Written also economise.] --Milton.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(economizes, economizing, economized) Note: in BRIT, also use 'economise' If you economize, you save money by spending it very carefully. We're going to have to economize from now on... Hollywood has been talking about economizing on movie budgets. VERB: V, V on n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. Save, husband, manage frugally, use prudently, expend with frugality or without waste. II. v. n. Retrench, be frugal, be prudent, be economical, practise economy, husband one's resources, avoid waste.