economize \econ"omize\ -eko^n"-omimacz, v. t.
   imp.  p. p. economized -eko^n"-omimaczd; p.
   pr.  vb. n. economizing. cf. f. 'economiser.
   to manage with economy; to use with prudence; to expend with
   frugality; as, to economize one's income. written also
   economise.
   1913 webster

         expenses in the city were to be economized. --jowett
                                                  thucyd. .
   1913 webster

         calculating how to economize time.       --w. irving.
   1913 webster
see also:
economized economizing economise 

36 moby thesaurus words for "economizing":
   scotch, canny, careful, chary, cheeseparing, conserving, cooling,
   cooling down, cooling off, curtailment, cutback, economic,
   economization, forehanded, frugal, labor-saving, low growth rate,
   money-saving, parsimonious, penny-wise, provident, prudent,
   prudential, reduction of expenses, reduction of spending,
   retrenchment, saving, scraping, scrimping, skimping, slowdown,
   spare, sparing, thrifty, time-saving, unwasteful