Economize
51Woodrow Wilson: The Fear of Monopoly — ▪ Primary Source The campaign of 1912 pitted four remarkable men against each other for the presidency, all of them with significant reform backgrounds. William Howard Taft, the incumbent, had the support of the regular Republicans… …
52Geoprofessions — is a term coined by ASFE/The Geoprofessional Business Association to connote various technical disciplines that involve engineering, earth and environmental services applied to below ground (“subsurface”), ground surface, and ground surface… …
53pay — I n. 1) to draw, receive pay 2) back; equal; incentive; mustering out (mil.); overtime; severance (AE; BE has redundancy payment); retroactive; sick; strike; take home pay 3) pay for (equal pay for equal work) 4) in smb. s pay (he was in the pay… …
54husband — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. mate, spouse; benedict, bridegroom; man. See marriage. v. economize (see economy, retention). Ant., wife. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. spouse, married man, mate, bedmate, benedict, helpmate, consort,… …
55retrench — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. cut [down], reduce, decrease, curtail; economize; cut back. See economy, deduction. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. save, conserve, scrimp, curtail; see economize …
56skimp — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. scrimp, stinge, stint; economize. See economy, neglect. Ant., spend, squander. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. scamp, slight, scrimp, pinch, pennies, cut corners; see also sacrifice 2 , save 3 . III (Roget s… …
57stint — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. restrain, restrict, limit; scrimp, skimp, economize. n. restraint, limit; turn, shift, bout; task, chore, job. See parsimony. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A limit] Syn. restriction, limit, limitation; see… …
58Economy — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Economy >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 economy economy frugality Sgm: N 1 thrift thrift thriftiness Sgm: N 1 care care husbandry good housewifery savingness retrenchment GRP: N 2 …
59tighten one's belt — verb live frugally and use less resources In the new economy, we all have to learn to tighten our belts • Hypernyms: ↑save, ↑economize, ↑economise • Verb Frames: Somebody s * * * phrasal …
60pare down — {v. phr.} To limit; economize; reduce. * /With a smaller income per month, the family had to pare down their household expenses./ …
