frugal

Definition

Of something which is consumed (such as money, goods, etc.): Careful or wise in expenditure; avoiding waste.

Etymology

From Middle French, from Latin frugalis (“virtuous, thrifty”). Displaced native Old English spærhende (literally “spare-handed”).

Example Sentences

• "frugal advice"
• "By what a frugal man annually saves, he not only affords maintenance to an additional number of productive hands, for that or the ensuing year, but [also] establishes as it were a perpetual fund for the maintenance of an equal number in all times to come."
• "frugal fortune; frugal fare"

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