(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Economize.

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