economize

Word family

e·con·o·mize (also economise British English) /ɪˈkɒnəmaɪz $ ɪˈkɑː-/ verb [intransitiveI]

SPEND MONEYto reduce the amount of money, time, goods etc that you use 削减；节省 SYN cut down

economize on

Higher taxes encourage people to economize on fuel.

较高的赋税促使人们节省燃料。

Examples from the Corpus

economize• This lack of sensitivity to the wellsprings of quality largely stems from shopworn but doggedly persistent ideas on where to economize.• Sorry, I can't come out tonight - I'm trying to economize.• If she economized, and perhaps moved in with William, she could probably last for longer.• So she economized by drinking cheap cooking sherry.• Other things equal, the higher the rate of interest, the more individuals can be expected to economize on cash holdings.• Families on low incomes are having to economize on food and heating costs.• He was a master at economizing on his investments.• Having several models economized shooting time since a second unit could operate simultaneously.• We're economizing this year by having a cheaper vacation.• Meanwhile, industry, too, had economized, with steel producers using about 20 percent less energy per ton.• He had tried to economize with the size and quality and the envelopes were in danger of splitting.

economize on• We're looking for ways to help farmers economize on chemicals and fertilizer.

From Longman Business Dictionary