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FROOGL/ˈfruːɡl/

Frugal means using money or resources carefully and without waste: a frugal budget, a frugal cut. Thrifty is the close twin; dropping the night bus is still a catchment hole.

Meaning

Using money or resources carefully and without waste.

Examples

• “A frugal cut that drops the night bus is still a catchment hole.”
• “Thrifty is the close twin. Economical is a cousin. A saving is a budget line. A last-service time is a file. Keep the bus, or name the exclusion; do not baptise the cut as prudence.”

Good to know

Careful and not wasteful with money. Close: thrifty. A tidy saving ≠ a night bus.

Near in meaning

thrifty, economical, sparing

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