economies

noun

1. 1

   Effective management of a community or system, or especially its resources.

2. 2

   The study of money, currency and trade, and the efficient use of resources.

3. 3

   Frugal use of resources.

   “economy of word”

4. 4

   The system of production and distribution and consumption. The overall measure of a currency system; as the national economy.

5. 5

   The method of divine government of the world. (See w:Economy (religion).)

6. 6

   The part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; economy class.

7. 7

   Management of one’s residency.