economy
UK/ɪˈkɒ.nə.mi//iˈkɑ.nə.mi/
economy noun: the regular operation of nature in the generation, nutrition and preservation of animals or plants.
Noun
economy (countable and uncountable, plural economies)
- The regular operation of nature in the generation, nutrition and preservation of animals or plants.
- animal economy, vegetable economy
- System of management; general regulation and disposition of the affairs of a state or nation, or of any department of government.
- A system of rules, regulations, rites and ceremonies.
- the Jewish economy
- The disposition or arrangement of any work.
- the economy of a poem
- The place pleased them so much that they spent all their spare time there, scratching and cutting their names on the top of every tower; and at last, having exhausted all other places, finished up with inscribing H.EAST, T.BROWN, on the minute-hand of the great clock; in the doing of which they...1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days
- The study of money, currency and trade, and the efficient use of resources.
- Frugal use of resources.
- economy of word
- April 5, 1729, Jonathan Swift, letter to St. John
I have no other notion of economy than that it is the parent to liberty and ease.
- The system of production and distribution and consumption. The overall measure of a currency system; as the national economy.
- An economy open to free movement of capital can keep a fixed exchange rate, for example, only by subjugating monetary-policy goals to its defence—by raising interest rates sharply, say, when capital outflows put downward pressure on the currency. Yet the trilemma also implies that an economy can...2013 August 31, “Horns of a trilemma”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8851, archived from the original on 12 Mar 2023
- The method of divine government of the world. (See Economy (religion) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )
- The economy of God is in Jesus Christ alone.
- The part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; economy class.
- Management of one’s residency.
Adjective
economy (not comparable)
- Cheap to run; using minimal resources; representing good value for money; economical.
- He bought an economy car.
- Economy size.
Adverb
economy (not comparable)
- In or via the part of a commercial passenger airplane reserved for those paying the lower standard fares.
- Numerous web sites have tips on how to fly economy.
economy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
economy in Hindi
- frugal use of resources
- किफ़ायत kifāyat
- production and distribution and consumption
- अर्थव्यवस्था arthavyavasthā, किफ़ायत kifāyat
economy in Tamil
- பொருளாதாரம், பொருளியல், சிக்கனம்
economy in Marathi
- अर्थव्यवस्था, अर्थव्यवस्थेची
economy in Urdu
- effective management of the resources of a community or system
- مَعِیشَت ma'īśat
- frugal use of resources
- کِفایَت kifāyat
- production and distribution and consumption
- مَعِیشَت ma'īśat, اِقْتِصاد iqtisād, اِقْتِصادِیات iqtisādiyāt
More languagesFewer languages
- economy in Bengali
- অর্থনীতি orthoniti
- economy in Telugu
- ఆర్థిక వ్యవస్థ, ఆర్ధిక వ్యవస్థ, ఆర్థికవ్యవస్థ
- economy in Malayalam
- സമ്പദ്ഘടന sampadghaṭana, സമ്പദ്വ്യവസ്ഥ sampadvyavastha
- economy in Kannada
- ಆರ್ಥಿಕ ಸ್ಥಿತಿ, ಆರ್ಥಿಕ ಸ್ವರೂಪ, ಆರ್ಥಿಕತೆ, ಮಿತವ್ಯಯ
- economy in Punjabi
- ਅਰਥਵਿਵਸਥਾ, ਆਰਥਿਕਤਾ
- economy in Gujarati
- અર્થતંત્ર arthatantra
- economy in Odia
- ଅର୍ଥବ୍ଯ଼ବସ୍ଥା
- economy in Sinhala
- අරපරික්සම arapariksama
- economy in Assamese
- অৰ্থনীতি orthoniti
- economy in Nepali
- अर्थतन्त्र, अर्थव्यवस्था
- economy in Pashto
- وټه wëṭa, اقتصاد eqtesād
- economy in Tagalog
- ekonomiya, kapamuhayan
- economy in Arabic
- اِقْتِصاد iqtiṣād, اِقْتِصَاد iqtiṣād
- economy in Malay
- ekonomi
- economy in Indonesian
- ekonomi
- economy in Thai
- เศรษฐกิจ sèet-tà-gìt
- economy in Vietnamese
- sự tiết kiệm, kinh tế
- economy in Myanmar
- စီးပွားရေး ci:pwa:re:
- Dhivehi
- އިޤްތިޞާދު iqtişādu, މައީށަތް maīṣat̊
Examples of economy in a sentence
- To get a job in today's economy, it is important to have a strong network.
- The economy was hit by a recession. The hurricane hit his fishing business hard.
- The magazine covers such diverse topics as politics, news from the world of science, and the economy.
Forms of economy
| plural | economies |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic) | oeconomy |
| alternative form (archaic) | œconomy |
Origin of economy
From Middle English yconomye, yconomy, borrowed via Old French yconomie or Medieval Latin from Latin oeconomia, from Ancient Greek οἰκονομία (oikonomía, “management of a household, administration”), from οἶκος (oîkos, “house”) + νέμω (némō, “distribute, allocate”). By surface analysis, eco- + -nomy. The first recorded sense of the word economy, found in a work possibly composed in 1440, is “the management of economic affairs”, in this case, of a monastery.
Words formed from economy
- agroeconomy
- agro-economy
- attention economy
- bioeconomy
- black economy
- blue economy
- centrally planned economy
- circular economy
- collaborative economy
- command economy
- cybereconomy
- diseconomy
- domestic economy
- dual economy
- economic
- economical
- economism
- economist
- economize
- economocracy
- economy car
- economy class
- economy class syndrome
- economy model
- economy of means
- economy of scale
- economy picking
- economy rate
- economy rice
- economywide
- economywise
- e-economy
- false economy
- financial economy
- fuel economy
- gift economy
- gig economy
- Goldilocks economy
- hydrogen economy
- lithium economy
- macroeconomy
- market economy
- microeconomy
- micro-economy
- mixed economy
- money economy
- narcoeconomy
- natural economy
- palaeoeconomy
- peer-to-peer economy
- pharmacoeconomy
- planned economy
- policy economy
- political economy
- premium economy
- quaternary sector of the economy
- real economy
- reputation economy
- service economy
- sex economy
Phrases with economy
- war economy
- economy cars
- economy rates
- share economy
- tiger economy
- token economy
- economy models
- zombie economy
- economy classes
- sharing economy
- tangible economy
- Annoyance Economy
3 more phrasesFewer phrases
Words that rhyme with economy
Questions about economy
- What does economy mean?
- Economy means the regular operation of nature in the generation, nutrition and preservation of animals or plants.
- What is economy in Hindi?
- Economy in Hindi is किफ़ायत (kifāyat), अर्थव्यवस्था (arthavyavasthā). See Economy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is economy?
- Economy can be a noun, an adjective or an adverb.
- How do you pronounce economy?
- Economy is pronounced /ɪˈkɒ.nə.mi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of economy?
- The plural of economy is economies.
Words near economy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: economy (page history and authors); economy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); economy (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); economy (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); economy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); economy (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); અર્થતંત્ર (Gujarati) (page history and authors); economy (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); অৰ্থনীতি (Assamese) (page history and authors); economy (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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