thriftyadjective
uk/ˈθrɪf.ti/us/ˈθrɪf.ti/showing a careful use of money, especially by avoiding waste:
They have plenty of money now, but they still tend to be thrifty.
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Budgeting money
- a penny saved is a penny earned idiom
- cut
- cut back
- defund
- draw/pull in your horns idiom
- economy drive
- economy-size
- false economy
- horn
- in/out of pocket idiom
- manage
- penny
- price-conscious
- put/lay sth on/to one side idiom
- save (sth) up
- save on sth
- set sth against sth
- skimp
- square
- tighten your belt idiom
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thriftily
adverb uk/ˈθrɪf.təl.i/us/ˈθrɪf.təl.i/
thriftiness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈθrɪf.ti.nəs/us/ˈθrɪf.ti.nəs/