Usually means: System of production, distribution, consumption.
Definitions [Related words] [Phrases (New!)] [Mentions] [Lyrics] [History]
We found 50 dictionaries that define the word economy:

General (34 matching dictionaries)
  1. economy, the economy: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. economy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. economy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. economy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. economy: Vocabulary.com
  6. Economy, economy, economy, the-economy: Wordnik
  7. economy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. economy: Wiktionary
  9. economy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. economy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. economy: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. economy: Dictionary.com
  13. economy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Economy (Eastern Orthodoxy), Economy (album), Economy (basketball), Economy (disambiguation), Economy (religion): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. economy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. economy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. economy: Free Dictionary
  18. economy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. economy: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  20. economy: Dictionary/thesaurus
  21. economy: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  22. Economy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  23. Economy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  24. economy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  25. economy: Online Etymology Dictionary
  26. economy: Rhymezone

Business (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  2. Economy: Investopedia
  3. Economy (activity), economy: Legal dictionary
  4. economy: Financial dictionary
  5. Economy: Accounting, Business Studies and Economics Dictionary
  6. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Economy (Thoreau), Economy (activity), economy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Economy (activity), economy: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Encyclopedia of the Orient (No longer online)
  2. economy: Idioms
  3. economy: Political

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. economy: Archaeology Wordsmith
  2. Economy: Underwater Archaeology Glossary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Economy, the economy: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

(Note: See economies as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
)
American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  Effective management of a community or system, or especially its resources.
noun:  (obsolete) The regular operation of nature in the generation, nutrition and preservation of animals or plants.
noun:  (obsolete) System of management; general regulation and disposition of the affairs of a state or nation, or of any department of government.
noun:  (obsolete) A system of rules, regulations, rites and ceremonies.
noun:  (obsolete) The disposition or arrangement of any work.
noun:  The study of money, currency and trade, and the efficient use of resources.
noun:  Frugal use of resources.
noun:  The system of production and distribution and consumption. The overall measure of a currency system; as the national economy.
noun:  (theology) The method of divine government of the world. (See Economy (religion).)
noun:  (US) The part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; economy class.
noun:  (archaic) Management of one’s residency.
adjective:  Cheap to run; using minimal resources; representing good value for money; economical.
adverb:  (US) In or via the part of a commercial passenger airplane reserved for those paying the lower standard fares.

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:



Word origin

Words similar to economy

Usage examples for economy

Idioms related to economy

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing economy

Popular nouns described by economy

Words that often appear near economy

Rhymes of economy

Invented words related to economy

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Compound Your Joy   Threepeat   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Help


Our daily word games Threepeat and Compound Your Joy are going strong. Bookmark and enjoy!