frugal
very careful with money
TRANSLATION
frugal = sparsam, genügsam, einfach, bedürfnislos frugal life = genügsames Leben
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Frugal Bond
One day in 2003, Sean Connery hired a limousine in New York. After driving Connery around town for almost seven hours, the driver (Paul Monroe) declined to accept the millionaire's tip.
"I told him 'No thank you,'" Monroe recalled. "As far as I was concerned, cheap-ass James Bond could keep his five bucks!"
Connery, Thomas Sean (1930- ) Scottish actor noted for his role as James Bond in Never Say Never Again (1983), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), You Only Live Twice (1967), Thunderball (1965), Goldfinger (1964), From Russia with Love (1963), and Dr. No (1962)
One day in 2003, Sean Connery hired a limousine in New York. After driving Connery around town for almost seven hours, the driver (Paul Monroe) declined to accept the millionaire's tip.
"I told him 'No thank you,'" Monroe recalled. "As far as I was concerned, cheap-ass James Bond could keep his five bucks!"
Connery, Thomas Sean (1930- ) Scottish actor noted for his role as James Bond in Never Say Never Again (1983), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), You Only Live Twice (1967), Thunderball (1965), Goldfinger (1964), From Russia with Love (1963), and Dr. No (1962)
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frugal
adjective
1. Practicing or marked by economy, as in the expenditure of money or the use of material resources.
2. Costing little; inexpensive: a frugal lunch.
Latin frugalis, virtuous, thrifty, from frux, frug-, fruit, virtue.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Synonyms:
abstemious, canny, careful, chary, cheap-ass, conserving, economical, meager, meticulous, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penny-wise, preserving, prudent, saving, scrimping, sparing, Spartan, stingy, thrifty, tight, tightwad, unwasteful, wary
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adjective
1. Practicing or marked by economy, as in the expenditure of money or the use of material resources.
2. Costing little; inexpensive: a frugal lunch.
Latin frugalis, virtuous, thrifty, from frux, frug-, fruit, virtue.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Synonyms:
abstemious, canny, careful, chary, cheap-ass, conserving, economical, meager, meticulous, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penny-wise, preserving, prudent, saving, scrimping, sparing, Spartan, stingy, thrifty, tight, tightwad, unwasteful, wary
IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
"Jim lives a very frugal lifestyle, I wouldn't expect him to be taking up expensive sports"
