lundi 12 mai 2014

Notes on usage: Save

Budget  -  Economize  -  Tighten your belt

 

These words all mean to spend less money.

 

Save to keep money instead of spending it, often in order to buy a particular thing: I’m saving for a new car.
Budget to be careful about the amount of money you spend; to plan to spend an amount of money for a particular purpose: If we budget carefully we’ll be able to afford the trip.
Economize to use less money, time, etc. than you normally use.
Tighten your belt (rather informal) to spend less money because there is less available: With the price increases, we are all having to tighten our belts.

 

PATTERNS
*to save up/budget for sth
*to have to save/budget/economize/tighten our belts
*to try to/manage to save/budget/economize

 

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See also:

Common Phrasal Verbs Irregular Verbs List
Common Sentences Errors Frequently confused words
Common Clichés Thematic list of Idioms
Common misspellings Phrasal Verbs Particles list
Common Preposition Lista de Términos Gramaticales

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