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81frugalité — [ frygalite ] n. f. • XIVe; lat. frugalitas 1 ♦ Qualité de ce qui est frugal. La frugalité d un repas. 2 ♦ Qualité d une personne frugale. ⇒ modération, sobriété , tempérance. La frugalité célèbre des Spartiates. ⊗ CONTR. Goinfrerie, voracité. ●… …
82Jean Scott (author) — Jean Scott is a gambling author who is best known for her 1998 book The Frugal Gambler . The book features gambling advice for novice gamblers including money management strategies and how to procure the best casino comps and discounts. Scott… …
83sobre — [ sɔbr ] adj. • v. 1170; lat. sobrius 1 ♦ (1180) Qui mange, boit avec modération, ne consomme que l indispensable. ⇒ frugal, modéré, tempérant. Ce « paysan sobre [...] vivant de pain et d eau » (Zola). Loc. fam. Être sobre comme un chameau, très… …
84economical — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Careful of expenditures] Syn. thrifty, frugal, saving, sparing, prudent, careful, economizing, provident, niggardly, meager, miserly, stingy, mean, close, shabby, avaricious, penurious, chary, watchful, circumspect,… …
85economical — adjective 1) an economical car Syn: cheap, inexpensive, low cost, budget, economy, economic; cut rate, discount, bargain Ant: expensive 2) a very economical shopper Syn …
86sparing — adj Sparing, frugal, thrifty, economical can all mean exercising or manifesting careful and unwasteful use of one s money, goods, and resources. Sparing connotes abstention or restraint {sparing in the expenditure of money} {sparing in giving… …
87stinting — adjective avoiding waste an economical meal an economical shopper a frugal farmer a frugal lunch a sparing father and a spending son sparing in their use of heat and light stinting in bestowing gifts …
88Economic — E co*nom ic (?; 277), Economical E co*nom ic*al, a. [F. [ e]conomique, L. oeconomicus orderly, methodical, Gr. ? economical. See {Economy}.] 1. Pertaining to the household; domestic. In this economical misfortune [of ill assorted matrimony.]… …
89Economical — Economic E co*nom ic (?; 277), Economical E co*nom ic*al, a. [F. [ e]conomique, L. oeconomicus orderly, methodical, Gr. ? economical. See {Economy}.] 1. Pertaining to the household; domestic. In this economical misfortune [of ill assorted… …
90David Cheriton — David Ross Cheriton (born March 29, 1951) is a Canadian born computer science professor at Stanford University who has investments in technology companies. With an estimated net worth of US$1.8 billion (as of March 2011), Cheriton was ranked by… …
