#817.  Economy.—­ N. economy, frugality; thrift, thriftiness; care,
husbandry, good housewifery, savingness[obs3], retrenchment.
     savings; prevention of waste, save-all; cheese parings and candle
ends; parsimony &c. 819.
     cost-cutting, cost control. 
     V. be economical &c. adj.; practice economy; economize, save;
retrench, cut back expenses, cut expenses; cut one’s coat according to one’s cloth, make both ends meet, keep within compass, meet one’s expenses, pay one’s way, pay as you go; husband &c. (lay by) 636.
     save money, invest money; put out to interest; provide for a rainy
day, save for a rainy day, provide against a rainy day, save against a rainy day; feather one’s nest; look after the main chance.
     cut costs. 
     Adj. economical, frugal, careful, thrifty, saving, chary, spare,
sparing; parsimonious &c.819.
     underpaid. 
     Adv. sparingly &c. adj.; ne quid nimis[Lat]. 
     Phr. adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit[Latin]; magnum est vectigal
parsimonia [Latin][Cicero].

     #817a.  Greed [excessive desire] —­ N. covetousness, ravenousness &c.
adj.; venality, avidity, cupidity; acquisitiveness (acquisition) 775; desire &c. 865.
     [greed for money or material things] greed, greediness, avarice,
avidity, rapacity, extortion.
     selfishness &c.943; auri sacra fames[Lat].
     grasping, craving, canine appetite, rapacity. 
     V. covet, crave (desire) 865; grasp; exact, extort. 
     Adj. greedy, avaricious, covetous, acquisitive, grasping; rapacious;
lickerish[obs3].
     greedy as a hog; overeager; voracious; ravenous, ravenous as a wolf;
openmouthed, extortionate, exacting, sordid|!, alieni appetens[Lat]; insatiable, insatiate; unquenchable, quenchless; omnivorous.

     #818.  Prodigality.—­ N. prodigality, prodigence|; unthriftiness[obs3],
waste; profusion, profuseness; extravagance; squandering &c. v.; malversation.
     prodigal; spendthrift, waste thrift; losel[obs3], squanderer[obs3],
locust; high roller* [U.S.]. 
     V. be prodigal &c. adj.; squander, lavish, sow broadcast; pour forth
like water; blow, blow in*; pay through the nose &c. (dear) 814; spill, waste, dissipate, exhaust, drain, eat out of house and home, overdraw, outrun the constable; run out, run through; misspend; throw good money after bad, throw the helve after the hatchet[obs3]; burn the candle at both ends; make ducks and drakes of one’s money; fool away one’s money, potter away one’s money, muddle away one’s money, fritter away one’s money, throw away one’s money, run through one’s money; pour water into a sieve, kill the goose that lays the golden eggs; manger son ble en herbe[Fr]. 
     Adj. prodigal, profuse, thriftless, unthrifty, improvident, wasteful,
losel[obs3], extravagant, lavish, dissipated, overliberal; full-handed &c. (liberal) 816.
     penny wise and pound