Tra từ frugal - Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

fru‧gal/ˈfruːɡəl/ adjective
[date : 1500-1600; Language : French; Origin : Latin frux 'fruit, value']
1. careful to buy only what is necessary OPP extravagant:
　 ▪ As children we were taught to be frugal and hard-working.
　 ▪ He led a remarkably frugal existence.

2. a frugal meal is a small meal of plain food SYN simple OPP extravagant:
　 ▪ a frugal breakfast

—frugally adverb

—frugality /fruːˈɡæləti, fruːˈɡælɪti/ noun [UNCOUNTABLE]

adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a frugal existence (=without much money)
▪ He led a hard and frugal existence.
lead/live a solitary/frugal etc existence
▪ The women lead a miserable existence.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ He was very frugal, and would often use a tea bag three or four times over.
▪ Hidden hotel costs can be a source of frustration to the frugal traveler.
▪ The monks lead a frugal life, allowing themselves only the bare essentials.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But it is a frugal state, and the politics of frugality often breed conservative social and civic decisions.
▪ Entrepreneurs have to be particularly frugal and inventive.
▪ He found the president eating a frugal meal and using pottery dishes and knife, fork, and spoon of iron.
▪ He was a hardworking, frugal and thrifty man who was saving to buy a small cottage from his employer.
▪ Since those officials are not under the thumb of councillors worried about rates increases, they are less likely to be frugal.