Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- As regards the production, distribution, and use of wealth; as regards the means by which human needs and comforts are supplied.
- With economy; with frugality or moderation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb With economy; with careful management; with prudence in expenditure.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb manner In an
economical manner; notwastefully ; notextravagantly ;prudently . - adverb domain From the perspective of economics or an economy.
- adverb theology According to
divine economy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb with respect to the economic system
- adverb in an economical manner
- adverb with respect to economic science
Etymologies
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Examples
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For instance, Judge Holwell asked Mr. Jarrell not to use the term "economically material" in relation to stock price movements, because it was too similar to the legal term "material nonpublic information."
Defense Offers Glimpse of Strategy Michael Rothfeld 2011
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On Saturday, President Obama phoned House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and urged an acceptable compromise that would avert what he called an economically harmful government shutdown.
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Geithner reaffirmed a G20 plan to limit current account surpluses and deficits does not contain numerical targets, which he called economically unfeasible.
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This $7.9 million grant will fund a project to provide broadband-related training to approximately 8,400 seniors, low-income individuals and others in economically and socially vulnerable groups.
Commerce finishes $4 billion broadband Internet stimulus grants Cecilia Kang 2010
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Chiefly the downside associated with any tax: it reduces incentives to engage in economically productive activity.
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By the way, a country that has the ability to mine, extract, refine, and return substantial amounts of platinum from space economically is not likely to have much need of it for fighter planes.
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"By the way, a country that has the ability to mine, extract, refine, and return substantial amounts of platinum from space economically is not likely to have much need of it for fighter planes."
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He is socially and economically from the same mold as southern Democrats.
America 'traumatized' by health-care debate, key Democrat says 2009
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He has to justify the extreme left Pelosi agenda to the moderate-conservatives in economically struggling Rome and Utica.
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Chiefly the downside associated with any tax: it reduces incentives to engage in economically productive activity.
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