"thriftiness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: thriftinesses [plural]
Etymology: thrifty + -ness Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|thrifty|ness}} thrifty + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} thriftiness (usually uncountable, plural thriftinesses)
  1. The property of being thrifty. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: frugality, parsimony Translations (the property of being thrifty): φειδωλία (pheidōlía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), saituus (Finnish), hirða [feminine] (Icelandic), baileachas [masculine] (Irish), bainistíocht [feminine] (Irish), críonnacht [feminine] (Irish), tíosaíocht [feminine] (Irish), parsimonia [feminine] (Italian), үнем (ünem) (Kazakh), parsimōnia [feminine] (Latin), ште́дливост (štédlivost) [feminine] (Macedonian), frioose [masculine] (Manx)

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