Careful, thrifty management of resources, such as money, materials, or labor: learned to practice economy in making out the household budget.
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An example or result of such management; a saving.
Пример или результат такого управления; экономия.
The system or range of economic activity in a country, region, or community: Effects of inflation were felt at every level of the economy.
Система или диапазон экономической деятельности в стране, регионе или сообществе: последствия инфляции ощущались на каждом уровне экономики.
A specific type of economic system: an industrial economy; a planned economy.
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An orderly, functional arrangement of parts; an organized system: "the sense that there is a moral economy in the world, that good is rewarded and evil is punished” ( George F. Will).
Упорядоченное, функциональное расположение деталей; организованная система:
Efficient, sparing, or conservative use: wrote with an economy of language.
Эффективное, щадящее или консервативное использование: написано с экономией языка.
The least expensive class of accommodations, especially on an airplane.
Наименее дорогой класс размещения, особенно на самолете.
Theology The method of God's government of and activity within the world.
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Economical or inexpensive to buy or use: an economy car; an economy motel.