budgeting and saving money

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thrifty

thrifty [adjective]

showing a careful use of money, especially by avoiding waste

US

/ˈθrɪf.ti/

UK

/ˈθrɪf.ti/

صزفه جو

مثال:

They have plenty of money now, but they still tend to be thrifty.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

thrifty

thrift‧y /ˈθrɪfti/ BrE AmE adjective
using money carefully and wisely SYN economical:
hard-working, thrifty people

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

thrifty

thrifty [thrifty thriftier thriftiest] [ˈθrɪfti] [ˈθrɪfti] adjective (approving)
careful about spending money and not wasting things
Syn: frugal

• He was brought up to be thrifty and never to get into debt.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

thrifty / ˈθrɪf.ti / adjective

showing a careful use of money, especially by avoiding waste:

They have plenty of money now, but they still tend to be thrifty.

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

thrifty

[θrɪ̱fti]
thriftier, thriftiest
ADJ-GRADED (approval)
If you say that someone is thrifty, you are praising them for saving money, not buying unnecessary things, and not wasting things.
My mother taught me to be thrifty.
...thrifty shoppers.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary:

thrifty

thrifty /ˈɵrɪfti/ adj thrift·i·er; -est : managing or using money in a careful or wise way
• a thrifty family/shopper
• She has thrifty habits.
- thrift·i·ness /ˈɵrɪftinəs/ noun [noncount]
• a man known for his thriftiness