Frugality
[fruː'gælɪtɪ] or [frʊ'gæləti]
Definition
(n.) The quality of being frugal; prudent economy; that careful management of anything valuable which expends nothing unnecessarily, and applies what is used to a profitable purpose; thrift; --- opposed to extravagance.
(n.) A sparing use; sparingness; as, frugality of praise.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Economy, thrift, thriftiness, good husbandry.
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Examples
- The expense, too, which is laid out in durable commodities, is favourable not only to accumulation, but to frugality. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It was lucky for me that I had one as much disposed to industry and frugality as myself. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- It depends chiefly on two words, _industry_ and _frugality_; that is, waste neither _time_ nor _money_, but make the best use of both. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- As a man, we have beheld him practising and inculcating the virtues of frugality, temperance, and industry. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Without industry and frugality nothing will do, and with them everything. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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