frugality

fru·gal (fr

adj.

1. Practicing or marked by economy, as in the expenditure of money or the use of material resources. See Synonyms at sparing.

2. Costing little; inexpensive: a frugal lunch.

[Latin frglis, virtuous, thrifty, from frx, frg-, fruit, virtue.]

fru·gali·ty (fr

-g

-t

), frugal·ness n.

frugal·ly adv.

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Noun

frugality - prudence in avoiding waste

frugalness

prudence - discretion in practical affairs

parsimoniousness, parsimony, penny-pinching, thrift - extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily

thriftiness, economy - frugality in the expenditure of money or resources; "the Scots are famous for their economy"

frugality

noun thrift, economy, conservation, moderation, providence, good management, husbandry, economizing, carefulness, thriftiness We must practise frugality and economy.

Translations

frugality [fruːˈgælɪtɪ] N → frugalidad f

frugality [fruːˈgælɪti] n → frugalité f

frugality

(of person) → Genügsamkeit f; (= thrift) → Sparsamkeit f; a life of great frugality → ein sehr genügsames Leben

(of meal) → Kargheit f; (of food, diet) → Bescheidenheit f, → Frugalität f (geh)

frugality [fruːˈgælɪtɪ] n → frugalità

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abstemiousness asceticism assiduity assiduousness belt-tightening economy Frugalness husbandry Huswife Laconize Managery Miserliness Mo-Zi parsimoniousness parsimony penny-pinching prudence Savingly Savingness	Besides, he that clears at once will relapse; for finding himself out of straits, he will revert to his custom: but he that cleareth by degrees, induceth a habit of frugality, and gaineth as well upon his mind, as upon his estate. The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context ] Such a birth requires, as its antecedents, not only a series of carefully arranged intermarriages, but also a long, continued exercise of frugality and self-control on the part of the would-be ancestors of the coming Equilateral, and a patient, systematic, and continuous development of the Isosceles intellect through many generations. Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context YOUR sense of honour and honesty would have led you, I know, when aware of your situation, to attempt all the economy that would appear to you possible: and, perhaps, as long as your frugality retrenched only on your own comfort, you might have been suffered to practice it, but beyond that-- and how little could the utmost of your single management do to stop the ruin which had begun before your marriage? Sense and Sensibility by Austen, Jane View in context	Frozenness FRPS FRS FRSC FRSNZ frt frt. Frubish fructan Fructed Fructescence Fructiculose Fructidor fructiferous Fructiferuos fructification fructify fructose fructosuria Fructuary Fructuation fructuous Fructure Frue vanner frugal frugality frugally Frugalness Frugiferous Frugivora frugivore frugivorous fruit fruit and vegetable store fruit bar fruit bat fruit beer fruit body Fruit bud fruit cocktail fruit compote fruit crush fruit cup fruit custard fruit dish Fruit dot fruit drink fruit drop fruit farm fruit fly fruit grower	fructosyl Fructosyl-Amino Acid Oxidase Fructuary Fructuation Fructuosus Fructuosus of Tarragona Fructuosus of Tarragona, Saint fructuous Fructure fructus Fructus industriales Fructus industriales Fructus industriales Fructus naturales Fructus pendentes pars fundi videntur Fructus perceptos villae non esse constat FRUD FRUDI Frue vanner Frue vanner Frueauf, Rueland Frued Frued Fruedian slip Fruedian slip Fruedian slip FRUFC Frug, Simeon Samuel frugal frugal frugality frugally frugally frugalness frugalness frugifer Frugiferous Frugivora frugivore frugivore frugivore frugivores frugivores frugivorous frugivorous frugivorous Frugivory Frugivory Frugoni, Carlo Innocenzo Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafael Frühen Neuzeit eV Fruher Roter Malvaiser Fruher Roter Malvaiser Frühjahr-Sommer-Meningo-Enzephalitis Frühsommer-Meningo-Enzephalitis Frühstyxradio Fruin, Robert Jakob fruit fruit fruit fruit

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abstemiousness
asceticism
assiduity
assiduousness
belt-tightening
economy
Frugalness
husbandry
Huswife
Laconize
Managery
Miserliness
Mo-Zi
parsimoniousness
parsimony
penny-pinching
prudence
Savingly
Savingness

Besides, he that clears at once will relapse; for finding himself out of straits, he will revert to his custom: but he that cleareth by degrees, induceth a habit of frugality, and gaineth as well upon his mind, as upon his estate.

The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context

] Such a birth requires, as its antecedents, not only a series of carefully arranged intermarriages, but also a long, continued exercise of frugality and self-control on the part of the would-be ancestors of the coming Equilateral, and a patient, systematic, and continuous development of the Isosceles intellect through many generations.

Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context

YOUR sense of honour and honesty would have led you, I know, when aware of your situation, to attempt all the economy that would appear to you possible: and, perhaps, as long as your frugality retrenched only on your own comfort, you might have been suffered to practice it, but beyond that-- and how little could the utmost of your single management do to stop the ruin which had begun before your marriage?

Sense and Sensibility by Austen, Jane View in context

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