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frugality

/fɹuːˈɡæləti/

Meanings
noun
The quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift.

Examples :

"My grandmother's frugality helped her save enough money to buy a house. "
value attitude economy business finance moral character quality

Related Words

Illustration grandmother

grandmother noun

/ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðə(r)/ /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/

A mother of someone's parent.

"My grandmother taught me how to bake cookies when I was a child. "

Illustration enough

enough adverb

/iˈnʌf/

Sufficiently.

"Are you man enough to fight me?"

Illustration office

office noun

/ˈɑfɪs/ /ˈɒfɪs/ /ˈɔfɪs/

A ceremonial duty or service, particularly:

"The mayor's office held a special ceremony to honor the city's firefighters. "

Illustration economy

economy noun

/iːˈkɒn.ə.mi/ /iːˈkɑn.ə.mi/

Effective management of a community or system, or especially its resources.

"The school's new economy plan focused on using resources more efficiently. "

Illustration sparing

sparing verb

/ˈspɛərɪŋ/ /ˈspærɪŋ/

To show mercy.

"The teacher, seeing the student's genuine remorse, decided to spare him detention this time. "

Illustration thrift

thrift noun

/θɹɪft/

The characteristic of using a minimum of something (especially money).

"His thrift can be seen in how little the trashman takes from his house."

Illustration supplies

supplies noun

/səˈplaɪz/

The act of supplying.

"supply and demand"

Illustration quality

quality noun

/ˈkwɒlɪti/ /ˈkwælɪti/ /ˈkwɑləti/

Level of excellence.

"Quality of life is usually determined by health, education, and income."

Illustration helped

helped verb

/hɛlpt/

To provide assistance to (someone or something).

"He helped his grandfather cook breakfast."

Illustration company

company noun

/ˈkʌmp(ə)ni/ /ˈkʌmpəni/

A team; a group of people who work together professionally.

"The school's student council is a company of dedicated students who organize events. "

Illustration prudent

prudent adjective

/ˈpɹuːdənt/

Sagacious in adapting means to ends; circumspect in action, or in determining any line of conduct; careful, discreet, sensible; — opposed to rash; directed by prudence or wise forethought; evincing prudence

"It was prudent to save some of her allowance each week so she could buy the new video game. "

Illustration frugal

frugal adjective

/ˈfɹuːɡəl/

Avoiding unnecessary expenditure either of money or of anything else which is to be used or consumed; avoiding waste.

"My parents are frugal people, so they always look for sales when buying groceries. "