economizee‧con‧o‧mize (also economise British English) /ɪˈkɒnəmaɪz $ ɪˈkɑː-/ verb [intransitive] 
Verb Table Examples
Higher taxes encourage people to economize on fuel.
Verb TableVERB TABLE
economize
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | economize |
| he, she, it | economizes | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | economized |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have economized |
| he, she, it | has economized | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had economized |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will economize |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have economized |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am economizing |
| he, she, it | is economizing | |
| you, we, they | are economizing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was economizing |
| you, we, they | were economizing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been economizing |
| he, she, it | has been economizing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been economizing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be economizing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been economizing |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- Families on low incomes are having to economize on food and heating costs.
- Sorry, I can't come out tonight - I'm trying to economize.
- We're economizing this year by having a cheaper vacation.
- Having several models economized shooting time since a second unit could operate simultaneously.
- He had tried to economize with the size and quality and the envelopes were in danger of splitting.
- He was a master at economizing on his investments.
- If she economized, and perhaps moved in with William, she could probably last for longer.
- Meanwhile, industry, too, had economized, with steel producers using about 20 percent less energy per ton.
- Other things equal, the higher the rate of interest, the more individuals can be expected to economize on cash holdings.
- So she economized by drinking cheap cooking sherry.
- This lack of sensitivity to the wellsprings of quality largely stems from shopworn but doggedly persistent ideas on where to economize.
THESAURUS► save
Word family to gradually collect money by not spending all the money you have, especially when you regularly put some of it in a bank: · She doesn’t earn much, but she still manages to save a few dollars each week.· We’re saving for a deposit to buy a house.
► set/put aside to regularly save part of the money you earn, especially over a long period of time: · You should start setting aside part of your earnings as retirement savings.
► scrimp and save to try to save money by spending less on the things you need and by saving what you can, especially when you do not earn very much: · My parents scrimped and saved for years to send me to college.
► squirrel something away informal to keep something, especially money, in a safe place to be used later: · I wanted to surprise her, so I squirreled away a couple of dollars a week to spend on a present.
► economize to spend less money by buying only the things that you really need, or by buying cheaper things: · Weddings can be expensive, but you can economize by doing some things yourself.
► spend to use money to buy things: · I bought two skirts and a T-shirt and I only spent $50.· How much do you spend a week on food?
► go through something (also get through something British English) to spend all of an amount of money over a period of time – used especially when saying that someone spends a lot of money: · I got through all my money in less than a month, and had to get my parents to send me more.
► go to great expense to spend a lot of money in order to do something, because you think it is important or special: · The party was wonderful – they had obviously gone to great expense.· There’s no need to go to great expense.
► squander to waste money on unnecessary things, instead of saving it or using it carefully: · His son had squandered the family fortune on gambling and women.
► splash out British English informal to spend a lot of money on something you really want or will enjoy: · Let’s splash out on a bottle of champagne.· People often splash out for Christmas and then regret it later.
► blow informal to spend a lot of money on something, especially on something that you do not really need: · Her husband blew all their savings on a new sports car.
► economize to spend less money: · We’re trying to economize by eating at home instead of going out for meals.
Longman Language Activatorto spend less money► cut down to reduce the amount of money that you regularly spend: · We've had to cut down a lot since Craig lost his job - it's been very hard for us.cut down on: · She's already cut down on going out and buying clothes, but she doesn't have enough money to start paying off her debts.cut down somebody's expenses/bills etc: · The department has overspent this year and we will have to cut down our expenses.
► economize also economise British to spend less money by buying only the things that you really need, or by buying cheaper things: · Sorry, I can't come out tonight - I'm trying to economize.· We're economizing this year by having a cheaper vacation.economize on (=spend less money on something): · Families on low incomes are having to economize on food and heating costs.
► scrimp and save to spend as little money as possible, only buying things you really need, because you have very little money and want to save it to use in the future: · Chris's parents scrimped and saved so that he could go to college.· I had hardly any money left and was scrimping and saving just to buy the bare necessities.
► tighten your belt to spend less money than you usually do because there is less money available: · Most people have to tighten their belts a little when they retire.· Governments and companies are forced to tighten their belts during a recession.
► budget to carefully plan and control how much you spend: · We'll have to budget more carefully in the future. We've spent far more than we can afford.budget for: · By the time I had budgeted for food and rent I only had a few pounds left.
WORD FAMILYnouneconomicseconomisteconomyadjectiveeconomiceconomical ≠ uneconomic(al)economyverbeconomizeadverbeconomically ≠ uneconomically
to reduce the amount of money, time, goods etc that you use SYN cut downeconomize on Higher taxes encourage people to economize on fuel.