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# economy

«economy» in Mova's school dictionary: **The system of how money, work, goods and services are…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an economy, economies; also uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The system of how money, work, goods and services are made, bought and sold in a country or area. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economy/#m1)

2) Careful use of money, time or materials so as not to waste them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economy/#m2)

3) (adjective-like) Cheaper and simpler (economy class, an economy pack). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economy/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and civics, a country's economy (strong economy, farming economy). In everyday life, economy class on planes, economy-size packs that give better value — useful in maths for comparing prices per unit. Phrases: «the economy», «economy class», «economies of scale», «economy pack».

### examples

- The country's economy depends on farming and tourism. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economy/#x1)
- We flew economy class to save money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economy/#x2)
- The economy pack has 24 bars for 6 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economy/#x3)
- Tourism is important to New Zealand's economy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economy/#x4)
- Writing with economy means using few words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economy/#x5)
- When prices rise, the economy can slow down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economy/#x6)
- If it was from economy, and you are anxious to teach me not to be wasteful, you have no cause for alarm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economy/#x7)

### note

Countable and uncountable. Adjectives: «economic» (to do with the economy) vs «economical» (cheap to use, not wasteful). In maths: compare value with unit price — an economy pack is only cheaper if price ÷ number of items is smaller.

### In the corpora

- [Economists do the same with bad news: "negative growth" sounds like growing, but it means the economy got smaller.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/21-work-firing-and-the-economy/3/)
- ["Negative growth" means the economy is shrinking.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/21-work-firing-and-the-economy/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «economy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.