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economic collapse: using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness; "an economic use of home heating oil"; "a modern economical heating system"; "an economical use of her time"; financially rewarding; "it was no longer economic to keep the factory open"; "have to keep prices high enough to make it economic to continue the service"; concerned with worldly necessities of life (especially money); "he wrote the book primarily for economic reasons"; "gave up the large house for economic reasons"; "in economic terms they are very privileged"; of or relating to the science of economics; "economic theory"; of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth; "economic growth"; "aspects of social, political, and economical life"

algorithm collapse: a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem

sadism collapse: sexual pleasure obtained by inflicting harm (physical or psychological) on others

economical collapse: avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"

grease collapse: a thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery); lubricate with grease; "grease the wheels"

quicken collapse: show signs of life; "the fetus quickened"; give life or energy to; "The cold water invigorated him"

means collapse: how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success"; an instrumentality for accomplishing some end; considerable capital (wealth or income); "he is a man of means"

nest egg collapse: device consisting of an artificial egg left in a nest to induce hens to lay their eggs in it

guise collapse: an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"

carefulness collapse: the quality of being careful and painstaking; "I admired the carefulness of his work"

through collapse: throughout the entire extent; "got soaked through in the rain"; "I'm frozen through"; "a letter shot through with the writer's personality"; "knew him through and through"; "boards rotten through and through"; over the whole distance; "this bus goes through to New York"; in diameter; "this cylinder measures 15 inches through"; from beginning to end; "read this book through"; to completion; "think this through very carefully!"

demeanor collapse: (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people

length collapse: a section of something that is long and narrow; "a length of timber"; "a length of tubing"; the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest horizontal dimension of something that is fixed in place; "the length of the table was 5 feet"; the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end; "the editor limited the length of my article to 500 words"

surely collapse: definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely'); "the results are surely encouraging"; "she certainly is a hard worker"; "it's going to be a good day for sure"; "they are coming, for certain"; "they thought he had been killed sure enough"; "he'll win sure as shooting"; "they sure smell good"; "sure he'll come"

distinctly collapse: clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment; "it's distinctly possible"; "I could clearly see myself in his situation"; to a distinct degree; "urbanization in Spain is distinctly correlated with a fall in reproductive rate"; in a distinct and distinguishable manner; "the subtleties of this distinctly British occasion"

handling collapse: the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means; manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something

clearly collapse: without doubt or question; "they were clearly lost"; "history has clearly shown the folly of that policy"; in an easily perceptible manner; "could be seen clearly under the microscope"; "She cried loud and clear"

good enough collapse: adequately good for the circumstances; "if it's good enough for you it's good enough for me"

fund collapse: a reserve of money set aside for some purpose; furnish money for; "The government funds basic research in many areas"; accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability; "fund a medical care plan"; invest money in government securities; provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest; place or store up in a fund for accumulation; convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds

power collapse: possession of controlling influence; "the deterrent power of nuclear weapons"; "the power of his love saved her"; "his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade"; one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority; "the mysterious presence of an evil power"; "may the force be with you"; "the forces of evil"; (physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second); supply the force or power for the functioning of; "The gasoline powers the engines"

invitation collapse: a tempting allurement; "she was an invitation to trouble"; a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something; "an invitation to lunch"; "she threw the invitation away"

decidedly collapse: without question and beyond doubt; "it was decidedly too expensive"; "she told him off in spades"; "by all odds they should win"

all right collapse: being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition; "an all-right movie"; "the passengers were shaken up but are all right"; "is everything all right?"; "everything's fine"; "things are okay"; "dinner and the movies had been fine"; "another minute I'd have been fine"; without doubt (used to reinforce an assertion); "it's expensive all right"

social science collapse: the branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a society

entrapment collapse: a defense that claims the defendant would not have broken the law if not tricked into doing it by law enforcement officials

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