With a shrinking amount of money people are, in terms of the monetary system, 'no longer able to earn anything'; they have to 'economise' or activities will be discontinued due to the financier or other lenders because 'obligations can no longer be met.' ❋ Frans Houbraken (2010)
She was especially upset because as an attempt to 'economise' a few years before her husband had quit paying into his pension which had good dependents' benefits and without telling her had rejoined the scheme a couple of months before he was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer - he 'knew' something was seriously wrong even though the Drs said not, and she was so touched that he, despite being so stupid with money, had actually done something that provided a little security for her and their son. ❋ Elizabeth McClung (2008)
Now that Hart no longer pays for my clothes, I must economise where I can. ❋ Priya Parmar (2011)
A little room, an inside room, European plan, of course, and then you can economise by eatin 'out. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Also, we had to economise for the rest of the week. ❋ Unknown (2010)
These had a huge effect on my writing, forcing me to economise, to make each word pull its weight. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The retailer found customers were trying to economise by half-filling petrol tanks and cutting their own hair instead of visiting hairdressers. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Q2: Last year, how much did you manage to economise at home? ❋ Unknown (2009)
But that doesn't mean there aren't ways to economise. ❋ SVGL (2008)
Can economise since cannot use more than the charged amount ❋ Unknown (2007)
A new discourse has taken its place - "cutting the deficit ... tough choices ... economise". ❋ Burke's Corner (2009)
Continue to economise, but splash out now and again ❋ Unknown (2009)
Buy what I want to buy, but economise on other stuff to make up ❋ Unknown (2009)
And the current condition of the economise of Lithuania and Latvia, where he was at his most egregious, is shockingly indicative of the incompetance of his theoretical grounding to hold up real economies. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Back in the days of depressions and wars they weren't afraid of tongue and other stuff we find icky now and they really knew how to economise. ❋ Katy (2009)
In Japanese the word 節約, setsuyaku, means to economise, to save money, and has mostly good connotations. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Why people worry would have been an interesting follow-on questions; is it a lack of pension provision, health care costs, NEET children to support, or even just an unwillingness to economise. ❋ Unknown (2007)
