different between compact vs economy

English

Pronunciation

• Noun:
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?m?pækt/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /?k?m?pækt/
• Adjective:
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /k?m?pækt/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /k?m?pækt/, /?k?m?pækt/
• Verb:
  • (US, UK) IPA^(key): /k?m?pækt/

Etymology 1

From Latin compactum (“agreement”).

Noun

compact (plural compacts)

1. An agreement or contract.

   Synonyms: agreement, contract, pact, treaty

Translations

Verb

compact (third-person singular simple present compacts, present participle compacting, simple past and past participle compacted)

1. (intransitive) To form an agreement or contract.
   • 2004, Ronan Deazley, On the Origin of the Right to Copy (page 94)

     In return for the sovereign's protection, they compacted to police the content of public literature.

Etymology 2

From Middle French [Term?], from Latin comp?ctus, perfect passive participle of comping? (“join together”), from com- (“together”) + pang? (“fasten”), from Proto-Indo-European *pag- (“to fasten”).

Adjective

compact (comparative more compact, superlative most compact)

1. Closely packed, i.e. packing much in a small space.

   Synonyms: concentrated, crowded, dense, serried; see also Thesaurus:compact

   Hyponym: ultracompact
2. Having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space.

3. (mathematics, not comparable, of a set in an Euclidean space) Closed and bounded.

4. (topology, not comparable, of a set) Such that every open cover of the given set has a finite subcover.
5. Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose.

6. (obsolete) Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.

   • 1622, Henry Peacham (Junior), The Compleat Gentleman

     a pipe of seven reeds, compact with wax together

7. (obsolete) Composed or made; with of.

Derived terms

• compact disc
• locally compact

Translations

Noun

compact (plural compacts)

1. A small, slim folding case, often featuring a mirror, powder and a powderpuff; that fits into a woman's purse or handbag, or that slips into one's pocket.
2. A broadsheet newspaper published in the size of a tabloid but keeping its non-sensational style.
   • 2012, BBC News: Dundee Courier makes move to compact [2]:

     The Dundee Courier has announced the newspaper will be relaunching as a compact later this week. Editor Richard Neville said a "brighter, bolder" paper would appear from Saturday, shrunk from broadsheet to tabloid size.

Translations

Verb

compact (third-person singular simple present compacts, present participle compacting, simple past and past participle compacted)

1. (transitive) To make more dense; to compress.
2. To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.

Synonyms

• (make more dense): compress, condense; see also Thesaurus:compress

Translations

See also

• Compact (cosmetics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• accompt

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French compact, from Latin comp?ctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?m?p?kt/
• Hyphenation: com?pact
• Rhymes: -?kt

Adjective

compact (comparative compacter, superlative compactst)

1. compact (closely packed), dense
2. compact (having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space)

Inflection

Derived terms

• compactheid

French

Etymology

From Latin comp?ctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.pakt/

Adjective

compact (feminine singular compacte, masculine plural compacts, feminine plural compactes)

1. compact (closely packed), dense
2. compact (having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space)

Derived terms

• disque compact

Noun

compact m (plural compacts)

1. compact disc
2. music center (US), music centre (UK)
3. compact camera

Synonyms

• (compact disc): Compact Disc, disque compact

Further reading

• “compact” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French compact, from Latin compactus.

Adjective

compact m or n (feminine singular compact?, masculine plural compac?i, feminine and neuter plural compacte)

1. compact

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• oeconomy, œconomy (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin oeconomia, from Ancient Greek ????????? (oikonomía, “management of a household, administration”), from ????? (oîkos, “house”) + ???? (ném?, “distribute, allocate”) (surface analysis eco- +? -nomy). The first recorded sense of the word economy, found in a work possibly composed in 1440, is “the management of economic affairs”, in this case, of a monastery.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /i??k?n.?.mi/
• (General American) enPR: ?k?n??m?, ?k?n??m? IPA^(key): /i??k?n.?.mi/, /??k?n.?.mi/, /??k?n.?.mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

economy (countable and uncountable, plural economies)

1. Effective management of a community or system, or especially its resources.
   1. (obsolete) The regular operation of nature in the generation, nutrition and preservation of animals or plants.

      animal economy, vegetable economy

   2. (obsolete) System of management; general regulation and disposition of the affairs of a state or nation, or of any department of government.
   3. (obsolete) A system of rules, regulations, rites and ceremonies.

      the Jewish economy

   4. (obsolete) The disposition or arrangement of any work.

      the economy of a poem

2. The study of money, currency and trade, and the efficient use of resources.
3. Frugal use of resources.

   economy of word

   • April 5, 1729, Jonathan Swift, letter to St. John

     I have no other notion of economy than that it is the parent to liberty and ease.

4. The system of production and distribution and consumption. The overall measure of a currency system; as the national economy.
5. (theology) The method of divine government of the world. (See w:Economy (religion).)
6. (US) The part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; economy class.
7. (archaic) Management of one’s residency.

Derived terms

Related terms

• economics
  • macroeconomics
  • microeconomics

Translations

Adjective

economy (not comparable)

1. Cheap to run; using minimal resources; representing good value for money.

   He bought an economy car.

   Economy size.

Adverb

economy (not comparable)

1. (US) In or via the part of a commercial passenger airplane reserved for those paying the lower standard fares.

   Numerous web sites have tips on how to fly economy.

Translations

Anagrams

• monoecy