œconomy

Noun

economy (countable and uncountable, plural economies)

1. (obsolete) The regular operation of nature in the generation, nutrition and preservation of animals or plants.
   • animal economy, vegetable economy
2. (obsolete) System of management; general regulation and disposition of the affairs of a state or nation, or of any department of government.
3. (obsolete) A system of rules, regulations, rites and ceremonies.
   • the Jewish economy
4. (obsolete) The disposition or arrangement of any work.
   • the economy of a poem
5. The study of money, currency and trade, and the efficient use of resources.
6. Frugal use of resources.
   • economy of word

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