avoidance of waste
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Waste management — is the collection, transport, processing, recycling or disposal of waste materials. The term usually relates to materials produced by human activity, and is generally undertaken to reduce their effect on health, the environment or aesthetics.… … Wikipedia
Muji — Ryohin Keikaku Co., Ltd. Kabushiki gaisha Ryōhin Keikaku 株式会社良品計画 Type Public (TYO: 7453) Industry Manufactur … Wikipedia
economy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Avoidance of waste Nouns 1. economy, thriftiness, frugality, thrift, austerity, care, husbandry, housekeeping, ménage, good housewifery, good management or administration, retrenchment, cutback, rollback … English dictionary for students
economy — I (economic system) noun administration, administration of economics, administration of resources, economic science, management, management of resources, regulation of finances, system of distributing wealth, wealth II (frugality) noun avoidance… … Law dictionary
con|ser|va|tion — «KON suhr VAY shuhn», noun. 1. the action of conserving; preservation; protecting from loss or from being used up; avoidance of waste: »the laws of conservation in physics. The conservation of our mineral resources is important because they can… … Useful english dictionary
Brös — (also Bros, Bross, Brus or Bruss) is a Piedmontese preparation of cheese and grappa which, in former centuries, was typical of the peasant cuisine of the Upper Langa. Its pungent flavour gave rise to the proverb “Only love is stronger than Brös” … Wikipedia
economy — cheap Literally, the avoidance of waste. That does not mean necessarily that a traveller in other than an economy seat in an aircraft is feckless. In supermarket jargon economy may mean large … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
Conservation — To reduce or avoid the consumption of a resource or commodity. A foregoing or reduction of electric usage for the purpose of saving natural energy resources and limiting peak demand in order to ultimately reduce the capacity requirements for… … Energy terms
economy — /əˈkɒnəmi / (say uh konuhmee) noun (plural economies) 1. thrifty management; frugality in the expenditure or consumption of money, materials, etc. 2. an act or means of thrifty saving; a saving. 3. Economics the interrelationship between the… …
economy — [i kän′ə mē, ēkän′ə mē] n. pl. economies [L oeconomia < Gr oikonomia, management of a household or state, public revenue < oikonomos, manager < oikos, house (see ECO ) + nomia, NOMY] 1. the management of the income, expenditures, etc. of … English World dictionary
