n. Function: noun
careful management of material resources FF1C; retired people often must learn to practice economy FF1E;
Synonyms: forehandedness, frugality, husbandry, providence, prudence, thrift, thriftiness
Related Words: meanness, miserliness, niggardliness, parcity, parsimony, scrimping, skimping, stinginess; carefulness, discretion
Contrasted Words: improvidence, lavishness, prodigality, squandering, thriftlessness, wastefulness
Antonyms: extravagance