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Related Terms:
niggard
stint
strait handed
scanty
light handed
frugal
economical
careful
unsparing
chary
sparingness
frugality
restrained
sparingly
spare
lighthanded
abstemiousness
geazon
geason
resource
prudent
nonsparing
stintingly
Definitions:
Noun
Definition: The act by which something or someone is spared.
Verb
Definition: present participle of spare
Adjective
economical
frugal
scotch
sparing
stinting
Definition: 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"
Definition: Prudent and restrained in the use of resources; careful, economical or frugal.