economizes
Stretches every dollar
Economizes means to use resources sparingly or reduce expenses.
Someone who economizes cuts back on spending or finds ways to stretch what they have: We economized by eating out less.
The word extends beyond money to any careful use of limited resources: The design economizes on space.
British spelling: economises.
Planned expense limits
- savesStores or rescues
- frugalSparing with resources
- thriftyPrudent with resources
- penny-pinchingExtreme reluctance to spend
cost-cutting · stretches · scrimps · conserves · tightens · reduces · curtails · rations
Protects from depletion
- rationsControlled food portions
- preservesCooked fruit in sugar
- sustainsKeeps in existence
- recyclesProcesses waste for reuse
reuses · repurposes · maximizes · optimizes · stretches · allocates · manages · husbands
Makes more efficient
- optimizesMakes as effective as possible
- simplifiesMakes less complex
- consolidatesCombines into stronger whole
- minimizesReduces to smallest extent
reduces · shortcuts · automates · systematizes · eliminates · condenses · compresses · truncates
budgets
Planned expense limits
penny-pinching · cost-cutting · stretches · scrimps · conserves · tightens · reduces · curtails · rations · bargain-hunting
conserves
Protects from depletion
recycles · reuses · repurposes · maximizes · optimizes · stretches · allocates · manages · husbands · stewards
streamlines
Makes more efficient
- optimizesMakes as effective as possible
- simplifiesMakes less complex
- consolidatesCombines into stronger whole
minimizes · reduces · shortcuts · automates · systematizes · eliminates · condenses · compresses · truncates · abbreviates
economizeswastes
Uses poorly or discards
squanders · splurges · overspends · fritters away · depletes