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"une économie"

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Definition: economics; economy, thrift, saving

Marie fait des économies - Marie is saving up (putting money away).

Avoir le sens d'économie est très pratique - Having a sense of thrift is very practical.

Related: économiser - to save, conserve; économique (adj) - economic(al économiquement (adv) - economically [br][br] (click the little red + white graphic below to hear the [i]Mot du jour[/i] pronounced) _z_french_z_);

Pronunciation: [ay kuh nuh mee]Audio Link

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