N. economy,
frugality,
thrift,
thriftiness, care, # husbandry, good housewifery, savingness,
retrenchment, savings, prevention of waste,
save-all, cheese parings and candle ends,
parsimony, cost-cutting, cost control
V. be economical, practice economy,
economize, save,
retrench, cut back expenses, cut expenses, cut one's coat according to one's cloth, make both ends meet, keep within compass, meet one's expenses, pay one's way, pay as you go, husband, save money, invest money, put out to interest, provide for a rainy day, save for a rainy day, provide against a rainy day, save against a rainy day, feather one's nest, look after the main chance, cut costs
Phr. adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit, magnum est vectigal parsimonia
N. temperance,
moderation,
sobriety,
soberness, # forbearance,
abnegation,
self-denial,
self-restraint,
self-control,
frugality,
vegetarianism,
teetotalism, total abstinence,
abstinence,
abstemiousness, encratism,
prohibition, system of pythagoras, system of cornaro,
pythagorism,
stoicism,
vegetarian,
pythagorean,
gymnosophist,
teetotaler,
abstainer, designated driver,
encratite, fruitarian, hydropot|
V. be temperate,
abstain,
forbear,
refrain, deny oneself,
spare, swear off, know when one has had enough, know one's limit, take the pledge, go on the wagon
Adj. temperate, moderate,
sober,
frugal,
sparing,
abstemious,
abstinent, within compass, measured, on the wagon, on the water wagon, dry,
pythagorean,
vegetarian,
teetotal Phr. appetitus rationi obediant, l'abstenir pour jouir c'est l'epicurisme de la raison, trahit sua quemque voluptas
