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economizing
[ih-kon-uh-mahyz] 
| Main Entry: |
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: | thrift |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | economy |
| Synonyms: | austerity, carefulness, economizing, frugality, parsimony, providence, prudence, saving, stinginess, thriftiness |
| Antonyms: | extravagance, spending, waste |
| 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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