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economy  n pl , -mies 
1 careful management of resources to avoid unnecessary expenditure or waste; thrift 
2 a means or instance of this; saving 
3 sparing, restrained, or efficient use, esp. to achieve the maximum effect for the minimum effort 
economy of language  
4 
a the complex of human activities concerned with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services 
b a particular type or branch of such production, distribution, and consumption 
a socialist economy  an agricultural economy 
5 the management of the resources, finances, income, and expenditure of a community, business enterprise, etc. 
6 
a a class of travel in aircraft, providing less luxurious accommodation than first class at a lower fare 
b (as modifier) 
economy class  
7 offering or purporting to offer a larger quantity for a lower price 
economy pack  
8 the orderly interplay between the parts of a system or structure 
the economy of nature  
9  (Philosophy) the principle that, of two competing theories, the one with less ontological presupposition is to be preferred 
10 Archaic the management of household affairs; domestic economy 
 (C16: via Latin from Greek oikonomia domestic management, from oikos house + -nomia, from nemein to manage)