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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.

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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This economizes on mechanical work input and substantially reduces the need for cooling insofar as this is possible to any great extent with rubber at all.

This economizes mechanical work input, widens the range of compounds and contributes to the achievement of extrusion-uniformity to equal or better standards of statistical process control than at present used.

Practical applications of the short, adjustable MCT cold-feed mixer-extruder

Who would want to economize on efforts to save a premature baby, especially when that cost is just a small part of the total cost of care?

Because we economize on researching conditions such as preeclampsia, women who know they are at risk of giving birth to babies in need of catastrophic care may not know what concrete steps to take to decrease that risk.

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The key thing that markets do is economize on the need for agreement.

Really creative destruction: economist Tyler Cowen argues for the cultural benefits of globalization. (Culture and Reviews)

Tribalism, feudalism, fascism, communism, and socialism all are forced to economize (ration) scarce means among competing ends.