frugal

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Careful or wise in expenditure; avoiding waste.

   frugal advice

2. 2
   adj

   Obtained by or characterized by frugality.

   frugal fortune; frugal fare

3. 3
   adj

   avoiding waste

Etymology

From Middle French, from Latin frugalis (“virtuous, thrifty”). Displaced native Old English spærhende (literally “spare-handed”).