Collocations for "economy"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "economy" in context.
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economy
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [strong, healthy, robust, stable, buoyant] economy
- a [fledgling, struggling, sluggish, weak, poor, rugged] economy
- the [US] economy
- the [global, rural, national, service] economy
- a [booming, growing, failing] economy
- the economy is in a [recession, depression]
- to [boost, strengthen] the economy
- [a closed, a free, an open] -market economy
- has [endangered, boosted, helped] the national economy
- the economy is [improving, on the up, recovering]
- [Germany's] economy is [expected, forecast] to
- the [region's, continent's] fastest growing economy
- achieve economies of scale
- a [car's, truck's] fuel economy
- an economy of [effort, movement, consumption]
- economy [cars, trucks]
- an economy [fare, option] for
- economy [travel, shipping] options
- seated in the economy section
- [traveled, seated] in economy class
- have economy (class) tickets
- an economy [pack, size]
- an economy-size [pack, box]
- an economy-driven [proposal, study]
'economy' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
China
- Chinese
- Russian
- advanced
- affect
- ailing
- almighty
- attempt
- barter
- bite
- blow
- bottom
- buoyant
- burn
- carriage
- collapse
- concern
- confidence
- constrained
- crippled
- crisis
- daily
- decay
- decline
- dedication
- degree
- demise
- depressed
- developing
- disaster
- dog
- down
- downturn
- drive
- driver
- ebb
- emerge
- emerging
- expansion
- expectation
- exploitation
- export
- fail
- ferry
- flounder
- founder
- fuel
- gem
- global
- grip