4. Careful management of resources, so as to make them go as far as possible.
a. with reference to money and material wealth : Frugality, thrift, saving. Sometimes euphemistically for Parsimony, niggardliness.
1670 Cotton Espernon 1. 11. 62 Men have ... been very liberal in their censure of t…
4. Careful management of resources, so as to make them go as far as possible.
a. with reference to money and material wealth : Frugality, thrift, saving. Sometimes euphemistically for Parsimony, niggardliness.
1670 Cotton Espernon 1. 11. 62 Men have ... been very liberal in their censure of the Duke's Oeconomy. a 1674 CLARENDON Hist. Reb. x. (1704) III. 88 Nor was this Oeconomy well liked even in France. [...]
etc etc etc.
Admittedly, my edition is rather dated now. But surely they have not retracted so many references.
My copy of the OED sites for economy:
4. Careful management of resources, so as to make them go as far as possible.
a. with reference to money and material wealth : Frugality, thrift, saving. Sometimes euphemistically for Parsimony, niggardliness.
1670 Cotton Espernon 1. 11. 62 Men have ... been very liberal in their censure of the Duke's Oeconomy. a 1674 CLARENDON Hist. Reb. x. (1704) III. 88 Nor was this Oeconomy well liked even in France. [...]
etc etc etc.
Admittedly, my edition is rather dated now. But surely they have not retracted so many references.
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