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单词 frugality
释义

frugality

noun

fru·​gal·​i·​ty frü-ˈga-lə-tē How to pronounce frugality (audio)
: the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift
For these renters, the philosophy is more about having it all … than it is about hardship or frugality. Roya Wolverson
The conference table, like all the company's desks, is made of a door bolted to two-by-fours, a deliberate message of frugality to employees of a company that is losing hundreds of millions of dollars a year. Saul Hansell

Synonyms

  • economy
  • husbandry
  • parsimony
  • penny-pinching
  • providence
  • scrimping
  • skimping
  • thrift
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Word History

First Known Use

1531, in the meaning defined above

frugality

noun

as in thrift
careful management of material resources her lifelong frugality has enabled her to save enough money to go to college next year

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • thrift
  • economy
  • saving
  • scrimping
  • parsimony
  • skimping
  • prudence
  • penny-pinching
  • temperance
  • miserliness
  • stinginess
  • husbandry
  • providence
  • niggardliness
  • conservation
  • belt-tightening
  • moderation
  • retrenchment
  • restraint
  • austerity
  • forehandedness
  • discretion

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • wastefulness
  • extravagance
  • improvidence
  • lavishness
  • prodigality
  • squandering
  • diseconomy
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