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# economise

verb (economise, economises, economised, economising); US economize

«economise» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To economise is to spend less money or use less of something so that you save. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economise/#m1)
2. To economise on something is to cut back on that one thing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economise/#m2)

### In the lessons

Everyday life and money lessons: families economise when money is short; saving energy and water at school. In stories a poor family economises. Phrases: economise on, need to economise.

### Examples

- We economise by turning off lights we are not using. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economise/#x1)
- Mum is economising on snacks this month. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economise/#x2)
- The school economised on paper by printing on both sides. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economise/#x3)
- To save for the trip, I economised by not buying sweets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economise/#x4)
- The family had to economise after Dad lost his job. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economise/#x5)
- Campers economise on water in the desert. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economise/#x6)

### Note

UK spelling economise, US and often Canada economize. Pattern: economise ON something. Related: economy, economic, economical (good at saving). In a maths problem, if you economise by £2 a week, multiply by the number of weeks to find the saving.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «economise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economise/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«economise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/economise.html) on Mova free.