conserve, husband, economize, economise
(verb) use cautiously and frugally; “I try to economize my spare time”; “conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit”
save, economize, economise
(verb) spend sparingly, avoid the waste of; “This move will save money”; “The less fortunate will have to economize now”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
economize (third-person singular simple present economizes, present participle economizing, simple past and past participle economized)
(intransitive) To practice being economical (by using things sparingly or in moderation, and by avoiding waste or extravagance).
(transitive) To use frugally.
Source: Wiktionary
E*con"o*mize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Economized; p. pr. & vb. n. Economizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. Ă©conomiser.]
Definition: To manage with economy; to use with prudence; to expend with frugality; as, to economize one's income. [Written also economise.] Expenses in the city were to be economized. Jowett (Thucyd. ). Calculating how to economize time. W. Irving.
E*con"o*mize, v. i.
Definition: To be prudently sparing in expenditure; to be frugal and saving; as, to economize in order to grow rich. [Written also economise.] Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 May 2024
(verb) tamper, with the purpose of deception; “Fudge the figures”; “cook the books”; “falsify the data”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
