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frugality

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fru·gal  (frgl)
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-gl-t), frugal·ness n.
frugal·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.frugalityfrugality - 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
n
(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
frugality [fruːˈgælɪtɪ] n → frugalità


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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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