A person who lives simply and economically can be called frugal. Buying clothes at a consignment shop would be considered frugal. Not getting your mom a gift for her birthday that's just cheap.
Economical in the use or appropriation of resources; not wasteful or lavish; wise in the expenditure or application of force, materials, time, etc.; characterized by frugality; sparing; economical; saving;
Adjective S.
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 De
n.
Economical in the use or appropriation of resources; not
wasteful or lavish; wise in the expenditure or application of force,
materials, time, etc.; characterized by frugality; sparing; economical;
saving; as, a frugal housekeeper; frugal of time.
n.
Obtained by, or appropriate to, economy; as, a frugal
fortune.
Frugal
I oft admire How Nature, wise and frugal, could commit Such disproportions.2.
Economical in the use or appropriation of resources; not wasteful or lavish; wise in the expenditure or application of force, materials, time, etc.; characterized by frugality; sparing; economical; saving;
Usage Examples
I'm lucky because my dad taught me to be frugal and save. And that's important because I want to know that I don't have to take an acting job for two or three years if I don't want to and that I'll still be able to make my house and car payments and buy food for my dogs.
My grandfather could barely read. My grandmother had a sixth-grade education. They were people who were industrious. They were frugal.
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Other Usage ExamplesA wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circlue of our felicities.
We have really good data that show when you take patients and you really inform them about their choices, patients make more frugal choices. They pick more efficient choices than the health care system does.
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