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