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thrifty adjective [ ˈθrɪfti ]

• using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully.
• "he had been brought up to be thrifty and careful"
Similar: careful with money, provident, prudent, canny, economical, frugal, energy-efficient, energy-saving, fuel-efficient, fuel-saving, sparing, scrimping, abstemious, parsimonious, penny-pinching, miserly, forehanded,
Opposite: profligate, extravagant,
• (of livestock or plants) strong and healthy.
• "the sheep are vigorous and thrifty"


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