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1. (adj.) sparing
economical; frugal (often fol. by in or of):
sparing in her praise.
2. sparing
lenient or merciful.
3. sparing
scanty; meager; limited.
Etymology: (1325–75)
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1. (adj) economical, frugal, scotch, sparing, stinting
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"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"
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1. (adj) Sparing
spare; saving; frugal; merciful
2. Sparing
of Spare
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Sense: careful or economical.
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 Afrikaans: ekonomies |
 Arabic: مُقْتَصِد، غَيْر مُسْرِف |
 Bulgarian: икономичен |
 Brazilian: econômico |
 Czech: šetrný |
 German: sparsam |
 Danish: tilbageholdende |
 Greek: φειδωλός, προσεκτικός |
 Spanish: frugal, económico |
 Estonian: säästlik, säästu- |
 Finnish: säästäväinen |
 French: économe |
 Hebrew: חַסכָנִי |
 Hindi: कम, अपर्याप्त |
 Croatian: štedljiv, umjeren |
 Hungarian: takarékos |
 Indonesian: hemat |
 Icelandic: sparsamur |
 Italian: economo |
 Japanese: 質素な |
 Korean: 절약하는 |
 Lithuanian: taupus |
 Latvian: taupīgs |
 Malay: berjimat |
 Dutch: zuinig |
 Norwegian: sparsom(melig) |
 Polish: oszczędny |
 Persian: دقيق يا اقتصادى |
 Pashto: دقيق او اقتصادى |
 Portuguese: poupado |
 Romanian: econom |
 Russian: бережливый; экономный |
 Slovak: šetrný |
 Slovenian: varčen |
 Serbian: štedljiv |
 Swedish: måttlig, sparsam |
 Thai: ประหยัด |
 Turkish: idareli, tutumlu |
 Taiwanese: 節約的 |
 Ukrainian: помірний; ощадливий |
 Urdu: بچت ، کفایت، پس اندازی کر |
 Vietnamese: tiết kiệm |
 Chinese: 节约的 |
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