prudence

Converse of object

• exercise: In such instances there is a need to exercise prudence in preparation of the financial statements.
• have: I'm glad, my dear, you have so much prudence left.
• show: Is this a time to show prudence or seek justice?
• counsel: Saint-Venant wrote:- ... one could reproach him for having been too rebellious against those counseling prudence.
• maintain: The next couple of years will be crucial for maintaining financial prudence to ensure school budgets are not overspent.
• restore: So a top priority for the next Conservative government should be to restore prudence to the management of the nation's finances.

Converse of subject

guide: Strict fiscal policy Fiscal performance will be guided by prudence.

Adjective modifier

• fiscal: Might such a concern with fiscal prudence hamper labor market reform?
• extreme: Thanks to his extreme prudence this part of the journey was signalized by no incident whatever.
• financial: Still, it is hard to believe that financial prudence is the real reason for his single status.
• common: The captain said we ought to shorten sail anyway, out of common prudence.
• economic: It threatens to destroy this government's reputation for economic prudence.

Modifies a noun

• demand: Prudence demands that an amount equivalent to a maximum of one year's expenditure be kept in reserve.
• trustee: Duty of prudence Trustees must: ( 6 ) ensure that the charity is and will remain solvent.
• criterion: The power of investment is further restricted by the need to apply commercial prudence criteria as provided under the Trustee Act 2000.

Noun used with modifier

demand: Even the harvesting of the cocoa pods demands prudence as a stray machete chop could damage the delicate tree irreparably.

Preposition: of

assumption: Adequate cash flow projections ( prudence of assumptions ).

Preposition: as

virtue: In this respect both authors are following Aristotle, who names intuition, science, wisdom and prudence as intellectual virtues.