The economy

Definition

economy /Ç'kɒnǝmi/ n ၁။ (often the economy ) [C] စီးပြားေရး။ the economies of Japan and the USA ❍ a market economy (ie one in which the price of goods is fixed according to both cost and demand) ❍ The state of the economy is very worrying. ၂။ [C, U] ေခြၽတာေရး။ practise economy ❍ We must all make substantial economies. ❍ It's a false economy to buy a milder, cheaper cheese for cooking. အေပါစားဒိန္ခဲကို ဝယ္သံုးတာ ဟာ (ပိုၿပီးထည့္ရတဲ့ အတြက္) လြဲေသာ ေခြၽတာေရးျဖစ္တယ္။ ❍ economy of language (ie using few words) ❍ We're having an economy drive at school. ေက်ာင္းမွာ ေခြၽတာေရး လံႈ႕ေဆာ္ေနၾကတယ္။ ❍ an economy pack (ie a large amount of a product offered for sale at a reduced price) ❍ travelling economy class (ie by the cheapest class of air travel).

Examples

1. A modern industrial economy
2. The high-growth economies of Southeast Asia
3. A market/capitalist/planned economy
4. Between 1982 and 1988 the economy grew at an average of about 3 per cent per year.
5. [boost/stimulate/revive the economy] : The government has promised to boost the flagging economy.
6. Three of the fastest-growing economies in the Asia-Pacific region
7. In those days
8. fuel economy was a central factor in car design.
9. The audit will concentrate on the economy and efficiency of production.
10. [economy of] : The play achieves its effects with a terrific economy of language.
11. [make economies] : I’m sure
12. if we make a few economies
13. we’ll be able to afford it.