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economies
 
Noun economy has 4 senses
  1. economy, economic system - the system of production and distribution and consumption
    --1 is a kind of system, scheme
    --1 has parts: sector; black economy
    --1 has particulars:
     industrialism; market economy, free enterprise, laissez-faire economy; mixed economy; non-market economy; state capitalism; state socialism
  2. economy - the efficient use of resources; "economy of effort"
    --2 is a kind of     efficiency
    Derived forms: verb economize2, verb economize1
  3. economy, thriftiness - frugality in the expenditure of money or resources; "the Scots are famous for their economy"
    --3 is a kind of frugality, frugalness
    Derived forms: verb economize2, verb economize1
  4. economy, saving - an act of economizing; reduction in cost; "it was a small economy to walk to work every day"; "there was a saving of 50 cents"
    --4 is a kind of action
    --4 has particulars: retrenchment, curtailment, downsizing; economy of scale
    Derived forms: verb economize2, verb economize1
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