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Definition of frugality in English: frugalitynoun fruːˈɡalɪtifruˈɡælədi mass nounThe quality of being economical with money or food; thriftiness. he scorned the finer things in life and valued frugality and simplicity Example sentencesExamples - ‘We learned our frugality from my mother,’ he explains.
- Both are at one with a certain instinct of frugality, by which I do not mean meanness.
- Departing from his predecessor's frugality, he provided lavish games for the Romans to enjoy, and abolished the sales tax.
- His frugality and thrift were particularly notorious.
- My frugality is still moderate by Scottish standards, though.
Synonyms thriftiness, carefulness, scrimping and saving, conservation, good management caution, prudence, providence, canniness abstemiousness, abstinence, austerity, asceticism, self-discipline, restraint, moderation, puritanism, monasticism, monkishness miserliness, meanness, parsimoniousness, niggardliness, close-fistedness informal tight-fistedness, tightness, stinginess rare sparingness
Definition of frugality in US English: frugalitynounfruˈɡælədifro͞oˈɡalədē The quality of being economical with money or food; thriftiness. he scorned the finer things in life and valued frugality and simplicity Example sentencesExamples - His frugality and thrift were particularly notorious.
- Departing from his predecessor's frugality, he provided lavish games for the Romans to enjoy, and abolished the sales tax.
- Both are at one with a certain instinct of frugality, by which I do not mean meanness.
- ‘We learned our frugality from my mother,’ he explains.
- My frugality is still moderate by Scottish standards, though.
Synonyms thriftiness, carefulness, scrimping and saving, conservation, good management
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