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The definition of frugal is not spending a lot of money and not being wasteful.

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An example of frugal is someone who uses coupons to buy groceries.

See frugal in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

not wasteful; not spending freely or unnecessarily; thrifty; economical
not costly or luxurious; inexpensive or meager: a frugal meal

Origin: L frugalis < frugi, fit for food, hence proper, worthy, frugal, orig. dat. of frux (gen. frugis), fruits, produce: for IE base see fruit

Related Forms:

frugality noun pl. frugalities
frugally adverb

See frugal in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Practicing or marked by economy, as in the expenditure of money or the use of material resources. See Synonyms at sparing.
Costing little; inexpensive: a frugal lunch.

Origin:

Origin: Latin frūgālis, virtuous, thrifty

Origin: , from frūx, frūg-, fruit, virtue

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