frugal

adj.

1. Practicing or marked by economy, as in the expenditure of money or the use of material resources. See synonyms at sparing.
2. Costing little; inexpensive: a frugal lunch.

[Latin frūgālis, virtuous, thrifty, from frūx, frūg-, fruit, virtue.]

frugality fru·gal'i·ty (frū-găl'ĭ-tē) or fru'gal·ness n.
frugally fru'gal·ly adv.

adjective

Careful in the use of material resources: canny, chary, economical, provident, prudent, saving, Scotch, sparing, thrifty. See careful/careless, save/waste.

adj

Definition: economical
Antonyms: extravagant, generous, lavish, spendthrift, spendthrifty, uneconomical, wasteful

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IN BRIEF: Very careful with money.

Be industrious and frugal, and you will be rich. — Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790).

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - sparsommelig, beskeden, enkel

Nederlands (Dutch)
spaarzaam, sober, goedkoop

Français (French)
adj. - frugal, parcimonieux, économe, simple

Deutsch (German)
adj. - sparsam, einfach, genügsam

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - οικονομικός, ολιγαρκής, λιτοδίαιτος, λιτός, απέριττος

Italiano (Italian)
frugale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - modesto

Русский (Russian)
экономный, скудный, бережливый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - económico, ahorrativo, sobrio, frugal, moderado, austero

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - sparsam, måttlig, torftig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
节俭的, 朴素的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 節儉的, 樸素的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 검소한, 알뜰한, 부족한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 倹約な, 質素な, つましい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مقتصد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮דל, חסכני, מקמץ, מצומצם, מסתפק במועט‬

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