different between economy vs dirigiste

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French dirigiste, from diriger (“to run, to direct”), from Latin dirigere, present active infinitive of d?rig? (“I direct, I steer”)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /d?????ist/, /d?????ist/

Adjective

dirigiste (comparative more dirigiste, superlative most dirigiste)

1. Controlled or guided by a central authority, as in an economy.

Translations

Noun

dirigiste (plural dirigistes)

1. An advocate or practitioner of dirigisme.

Translations

Related terms

• dirigist / dirigism / dirigisme

Anagrams

• digitiser

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.?i.?ist/
• Homophone: dirigistes

Adjective

dirigiste (plural dirigistes)

1. dirigiste (of or relating to the doctrine of dirigisme)

Noun

dirigiste m or f (plural dirigistes)

1. dirigiste (advocate of dirigisme)

Italian

Adjective

dirigiste

1. feminine plural of dirigista

Noun

dirigiste f

1. plural of dirigista

Anagrams

• digeristi, dirigesti

Portuguese

Verb

dirigiste

1. second-person singular (tu) preterite indicative of dirigir

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di?i?xiste/, [d?i.?i?xis.t?e]

Verb

dirigiste

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) preterite indicative form of dirigir.