economize
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economize on (something)
To reduce some expense in order to save money. Ugh, I can't believe Mom and Dad got rid of cable to economize on their bills.
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economize on something
to save money by cutting the cost of something. We will have to economize on our food budget. We can only economize on a few things.
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