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thriftiness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun thriftiness has 1 sense
- thriftiness(n = noun.attribute) economy - frugality in the expenditure of money or resources; "the Scots are famous for their economy" is a kind of frugality, frugalness
Derived forms adjective thrifty2, adjective thrifty1
THESAURUS
thriftiness
austerity, austerity program, canniness, care, carefulness, chariness, economic planning, economicalness, economy, economy of means, false economy, forehandedness, frugality, frugalness, good management, husbandry, management, parsimoniousness, parsimony, providence, prudence, prudential administration, sparingness, thrift, tight purse strings, unwastefulnessROGET THESAURUS
thriftiness
Economy
N economy, frugality, thrift, thriftiness, care, husbandry, good housewifery, savingness, retrenchment, savings, prevention of waste, save-all, cheese parings and candle ends, parsimony, cost-cutting, cost control, economical, frugal, careful, thrifty, saving, chary, spare, sparing, parsimonious, underpaid, sparingly, ne quid nimis, adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit, magnum est vectigal parsimonia.
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