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  • verb Present participle of economise.

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Examples

  • He also made other spasmodic attempts to overcome the spendthrift tendencies he had inherited from his father; but we believe there is no recorded instance of his having succeeded in economising at his own expense.

    Zoe: The History of Two Lives 1845

  • There is something entirely Gargantuan in the idea of economising space by piling houses on top of each other, front doors and all.

    The Club of Queer Trades 1905

  • No doubt the cloth had been packed with the idea of economising space, and the pieces were wedged as tightly together as if done by a steam-press.

    The Boy Tar Mayne Reid 1850

  • If Dr. Newman shall complain of them, I can only remind him of the fate which befel the stork caught among the cranes, _even though_ the stork had _not_ done all he could to make himself like a crane, _as Dr. Newman has_, by 'economising' on the very title-page of his pamphlet. "

    Apologia pro Vita Sua John Henry Newman 1845

  • With the economic gloom building, here is a timely look with MyVoice at economising in daily life.

    Getting motivated at work 2009

  • Q5: Which aspects will you appy yourself to economising in this year?

    Getting motivated at work 2009

  • Of course, rather than economising I want more income (AdSense has died a death!), and to that end I have three new web site ideas in the pipeline and one renewal of an older property, but more of that in other posts!

    Getting motivated at work 2009

  • Office economising and office secret struggles in Japan

    Vote for me! and other news 2009

  • Office economising and office secret struggles in Japan | 世論 What Japan Thinks

    Vote for me! and other news 2008

  • Office economising and office secret struggles in Japan

    What spurs Japanese to quit their jobs 2008

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