frugal

Определение frugal в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: Avoiding unnecessary expenditure either of money or of anything else which is to be used or consumed; avoiding waste; economical; {a} thrifty, sparing careful, saving of expense without meanness; avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"; People who are frugal or who live frugal lives do not eat much or spend much money on themselves. She lives a frugal life. + frugality fru·gal·ity We must practise the strictest frugality and economy. + frugally fru·gal·ly We lived fairly frugally He frugally saved various bits of the machine in carefully marked boxes; Economical in the use or appropriation of resources; not wasteful or lavish; wise in the expenditure or application of force, materials, time, etc; {s} sparing, economical, thrifty; stingy; characterized by frugality; sparing; economical; saving; as, a frugal housekeeper; frugal of time; economical, avoiding waste, thrifty; Obtained by, or appropriate to, economy; as, a frugal fortune; A frugal meal is small and not expensive. The diet was frugal: cheese and water, rice and beans
frugality: The quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift
frugality: {n} good husbandry, thrift
frugality: {n} spare
frugally: {a} thriftily, sparingly, carefully, nearly
frugally: {a} economically
frugality: prudence in avoiding waste
frugality: A sparing use; sparingness
frugality: 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
frugality: {i} quality of being economical, thrift; meanness, stinginess
frugality: A sparing use; sparingness; as, frugality of praise
frugally: thriftily, sparingly, in an economical manner; stingily
frugally: in a frugal manner; "in villages, the new pipeline marks the end of water as a precious liquid, to be dispensed frugally, weighed out drop by drop"
frugally: in a frugal manner; "in villages, the new pipeline marks the end of water as a precious liquid, to be dispensed frugally, weighed out drop by drop
frugally: In a frugal manner
frugally: Thriftily; prudently
to be frugal: economize