word of the month: efficiency

ef⋅fi⋅cien⋅cy

  [i-fish-uhn-see]

–noun, plural -cies.

1.	the state or quality of being efficient; competency in performance.

2.	accomplishment of or ability to accomplish a job with a minimum expenditure of time and effort: The assembly line increased industry's efficiency.

3.	the ratio of the work done or energy developed by a machine, engine, etc., to the energy supplied to it, usually expressed as a percentage.

4.	efficiency apartment.

use in a sentence: spend tomorrow efficiently!