economy
saving | an act of economizing, reduction in cost, it was a small economy to walk to work every day, there was a saving ofcents |
| economy of scale | the saving in cost of production that is due to mass production |
royal tennis
real tennis
court tennis | an ancient form of tennis played in a four-walled court |
| token economy | a form of behavior therapy that has been used in some mental institutions, patients are rewarded with tokens for appropriate behavior and the tokens may be cashed in for valued rewards |
| real-estate business | the business of selling real estate |
cabin class
second class
economy class | a class of accommodations on a ship or train or plane that are less expensive than first class accommodations |
| real storage | the main memory in a virtual memory system |
real McCoy
real thing
real stuff | informal usage attributing authenticity |
economy
thriftiness | frugality in the expenditure of money or resources, the Scots are famous for their economy |
| economy | the efficient use of resources, economy of effort |
real world
real life | the practical world as opposed to the academic world, a good consultant must have a lot of experience in the real world |
economics
economic science
political economy | the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management |
| real presence | (Christianity) the Christian doctrine that the body of Christ is actually present in the Eucharist |
Real IRA
Real Irish Republican Army
RIRA
Dissident Irish Republican Army | a radical terrorist group that broke away in when the mainstream Provisional IRA proposed a cease-fire, has continued terrorist activities in opposition to any peace agreement |
Real Estate Investment Trust
REIT | an investment trust that owns and manages a pool of commercial properties and mortgages and other real estate assets, shares can be bought and sold in the stock market |
| real matrix | a matrix whose elements are all real numbers |
capitalism
capitalist economy | an economic system based on private ownership of capital |
| black economy | a hidden sector of the economy where private cash transactions go unreported, no one knows how large the black economy really is |
market economy
free enterprise
private enterprise
laissez-faire economy | an economy that relies chiefly on market forces to allocate goods and resources and to determine prices |
| mixed economy | an economic system that combines private and state enterprises |
| non-market economy | an economy that is not a market economy |
socialism
socialist economy | an economic system based on state ownership of capital |
economy
economic system | the system of production and distribution and consumption |
| managed economy | a non-market economy in which government intervention is important in allocating goods and resources and determining prices |
| communist economy | the managed economy of a communist state |
real estate broker
real estate agent
estate agent
land agent house agent | a person who is authorized to act as an agent for the sale of land, in England they call a real estate agent a land agent |
real property
real estate
realty
immovable | property consisting of houses and land |
real gross national product
real GNP | a version of the GNP that has been adjusted for the effects of inflation |
| real | an old small silver Spanish coin |
real estate loan
mortgage loan | a loan on real estate that is usually secured by a mortgage |
real-time processing
real-time operation | data processing fast enough to keep up with an outside process |
| real | the basic unit of money in Brazil, equal to centavos |
real number
real | any rational or irrational number |
| real time | (computer science) the time it takes for a process under computer control to occur |
| real time | the actual time that it takes a process to occur, information is updated in real time |
real
tangible | capable of being treated as fact, tangible evidence, his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor |
substantial
real material | having substance or capable of being treated as fact, not imaginary, the substantial world, a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical, most ponderous and substantial things- Shakespeare |
egg-producing(a)
young-bearing(a) | capable of producing eggs and bearing offspring |
real
existent | being or occurring in fact or actuality, having verified existence, not illusory, real objects, real people, not ghosts, a film based on real life, a real illness, real humility, Life is real! Life is earnest!- Longfellow |
| real(a) | no less than what is stated, worthy of the name, the real reason, real war, a real friend, a real woman, meat and potatoes--I call that a real meal, it's time he had a real job, it's no penny-ante job--he's making real money |
| real | of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation, real prices, real income, real wages |
veridical
real | coinciding with reality, perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception- F.A.Olafson |
| real | not to be taken lightly, statistics demonstrate that poverty and unemployment are very real problems, to the man sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real |
| real | (of property) fixed or immovable, real property consists of land and buildings |
actual
genuine
literal
real | being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something, her actual motive, a literal solitude like a desert- G.K.Chesterton, a genuine dilemma |
| real-time | of or relating to computer systems that update information at the same rate they receive information |
very
really
real rattling | used as intensifiers, `real' is sometimes used informally for `really', `rattling' is informal, she was very gifted, he played very well, a really enjoyable evening, I'm real sorry about it, a rattling good yarn |