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economies

economies is the plural of economy.

Meaning of economy

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

See all 12 meanings of economy

Phrases with economies

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Questions about economies

What is economies the plural of?
Economies is the plural of economy.

Words near economies in the dictionary

  1. economick
  2. economicly
  3. economicology
  4. economics
  5. Economides
  6. economies
  7. economies of scale
  8. economisation
  9. economisations
  10. economise
  11. economised

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Adapted from Wiktionary: economies (page history and authors); economy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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