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economized
[ih-kon-uh-mahyz] 
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economize
[ih-kon-uh-mahyz]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | save money |
| Synonyms: | be frugal, be prudent, be sparing, conserve, cut back, cut corners, cut down, keep within means, make ends meet, manage, meet a budget, pay one's way, pinch pennies, retrench, run tight ship, scrimp, shepherd, skimp, stint, stretch a dollar, tighten one's belt |
| Antonyms: | spend, squander, throw away |
| Main Entry: | reduced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | made smaller |
| Synonyms: | abbreviated, abridged, compressed, concentrated, condensed, contracted, cut down, decreased, diminished, downsized, economized, lessened, miniaturized, scaled down, shortened, shrunk, subtracted |
| Antonyms: | enlarged, increased, spread, stretched |
| Main Entry: | retrench |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | save |
| Synonyms: | conserve, curtail, cut down, economize, reduce, scrimp, trim |
| Main Entry: | eke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lengthen |
| Synonyms: | augment, economize, fill, husband, increase, magnify, stretch, supplement |
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