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📚 Economics subject 🌎 A country's economy 💸 Low-cost version ✈️ Economy class seat
econ

econ

6.1
The low-cost seating section on a plane
  • noun
  • /ˈiːkɒn/
  • Informal
translation icon : clase económica
  • The airline upgraded him from econ to business class after he volunteered to change flights.

Examples

  • Most students prefer to fly econ when traveling abroad for studies.

  • I always choose econ when flying to save money.

  • She booked an econ seat to save money on her trip to Paris.

  • The econ section was almost full on the flight.

  • I always choose econ seats when booking flights to save money.

  • Traveling in econ can be less comfortable than first class, but it is much cheaper.

  • During the busy season, it's harder to find available econ tickets for popular destinations.

Synonyms

economy class
vsecon
3 2.0

The cheapest seats on a plane, train, or ship with basic services

is the informal word used for that seating option
tourist class
vsecon
  • Archaic
3.2

The cheapest seats and rooms on planes, trains, and ships with few extras

is the informal name used instead of that accommodation term
cabin class
vsecon
3.1

A cheaper travel class on a ship, train, or plane than first class

is the informal term for the specifically lowest cost seating section

How Comfortable

first class
35 3.7
econ
  • Informal
6.1

Surface Forms

econ singular
econs plural

Etymology

Econ is short for economy as in 'economy class' and comes from economical, meaning 'to save money'. So an econ seat is the cheaper, basic seat on a plane made for travellers who want to spend less.