thrifty management; frugality in the expenditure or consumption of money, materials, etc.

an act or means of thrifty saving; a saving

He achieved a small economy by walking to work instead of taking a bus.

the management of the resources of a community, country, etc., esp. with a view to its productivity.

the prosperity or earnings of a place

Further inflation would endanger the national economy seriously.

the disposition or regulation of the parts or functions of any organic whole; an organized system or method.

the efficient, sparing, or concise use of something

an economy of effort; an economy of movement.

economy class.

Theology .

the divine plan for humanity, from creation through redemption to final beatitude.

the method of divine administration, as at a particular time or for a particular race.

Obsolete . the management of household affairs.

intended to save money

to reduce the staff in an economy move.

costing less to make, buy, or operate

an economy car.

of or pertaining to economy class

the economy fare to San Francisco.

in economy-class accommodations, or by economy-class conveyance

to travel economy.

noun

spending , squandering

noun

abridgement , austerity , care , carefulness , caution , curtailment , cutback , decrease , deduction , direction , discretion , husbandry , layoff , meanness , miserliness , moratorium , niggardliness , parcity , parsimony , providence , prudence , recession , reduction , regulation , restraint , retrenchment , rollback , scrimping , shrinkage , skimping , sparingness , stinginess , supervision , thrift , thriftiness , frugality , administration , conservation , economics , macroeconomics , management , plan , plutology , saving , system