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  • 51providence — n 1. divine intervention, God s will, predetermination; destiny, fate, fortune, lot, cup, portion, doom; karma, kismit; Fortune s wheel, wheel of fortune, stars, planets, astral influence; chance, mere chance, happenstance, fortuity, serendipity …

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  • 52quarter — n 1. one fourth, a fourth part; quarter hour; one fourth of a year or three months; half a semester, quarter term; twenty five cents, Sl. two bits. 2. point, direction, compass point or direction. 3. country, region, district, zone, province;… …

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  • 53thrift — n economy, husbandry, thrifty management, conservation, prevention of waste; conserving, saving, economizing; thriftiness, frugality, frugalness, sparingness; scrimping, skimping, penny pinching, cutting corners, tightening one s belt, making… …

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  • 54chariness — /ˈtʃɛərinəs/ (say chairreenuhs) noun 1. chary quality; caution; sparingness. 2. Obsolete scrupulous integrity. {char(y) + i + ness} …

  • 55parsimony — /ˈpasəməni / (say pahsuhmuhnee), Originally US / moʊni/ (say mohnee) noun extreme or excessive economy or frugality; niggardliness. {Middle English, from Latin parsimōnia, parcimōnia, literally, sparingness} Usage: The pronunciation /ˈpasəmoʊni/… …

  • 56sparing — /ˈspɛərɪŋ / (say spairring) adjective 1. that spares. 2. economical; chary. 3. lenient or merciful. 4. frugally restricted. 5. scanty; limited. {spar(e) + ing2} –sparingly, adverb –sparingness, noun …

  • 57ὀλιγοπονίαν — ὀλιγοπονίᾱν , ὀλιγοπονία sparingness in labour fem acc sg (attic doric aeolic) …

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  • 58sparī- — *sparī , *sparīn germ.?, schwach. Femininum (n): nhd. Sparsamkeit; ne. sparingness; Rekontruktionsbasis: ahd.; Hinweis: s. *spara ; Etymologie: idg. *spəro , Adjektiv, ergiebig …

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  • 59economy — [n] saving, frugality abridgement, austerity, care, carefulness, caution, curtailment, cutback, decrease, deduction, direction, discretion, husbandry, layoff, meanness, miserliness, moratorium, niggardliness, parcity, parsimony, providence,… …

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  • 60sparing — [sper′iŋ] adj. 1. that spares 2. careful in spending or using; frugal 3. scanty or meager SYN. THRIFTY sparingly adv. sparingness n …

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