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词汇 frugality
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Definition of frugality in English:

frugality

noun fruːˈɡalɪtifruˈɡælədi
mass noun
  • The quality of being economical with money or food; thriftiness.

    he scorned the finer things in life and valued frugality and simplicity
    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘We learned our frugality from my mother,’ he explains.
    • Both are at one with a certain instinct of frugality, by which I do not mean meanness.
    • Departing from his predecessor's frugality, he provided lavish games for the Romans to enjoy, and abolished the sales tax.
    • His frugality and thrift were particularly notorious.
    • My frugality is still moderate by Scottish standards, though.
    Synonyms
    thriftiness, carefulness, scrimping and saving, conservation, good management
    caution, prudence, providence, canniness
    abstemiousness, abstinence, austerity, asceticism, self-discipline, restraint, moderation, puritanism, monasticism, monkishness
    miserliness, meanness, parsimoniousness, niggardliness, close-fistedness
    informal tight-fistedness, tightness, stinginess
    rare sparingness

Definition of frugality in US English:

frugality

nounfruˈɡælədifro͞oˈɡalədē
  • The quality of being economical with money or food; thriftiness.

    he scorned the finer things in life and valued frugality and simplicity
    Example sentencesExamples
    • His frugality and thrift were particularly notorious.
    • Departing from his predecessor's frugality, he provided lavish games for the Romans to enjoy, and abolished the sales tax.
    • Both are at one with a certain instinct of frugality, by which I do not mean meanness.
    • ‘We learned our frugality from my mother,’ he explains.
    • My frugality is still moderate by Scottish standards, though.
    Synonyms
    thriftiness, carefulness, scrimping and saving, conservation, good management
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