Frugal Living Tips

2 words in this vocabulary list

verb to be thrifty or frugal, to save or economize

  • In order to save money, it is important to scrimp on unnecessary expenses.
  • I'm trying to scrimp on eating out so I can save up for a vacation.
  • I need to scrimp on my shopping this month to afford concert tickets.
  • She had to scrimp and save in order to achieve her dream of starting her own business.

noun a gift that has been previously received and is given to someone else

verb to give a gift that one has received to someone else as a present

  • It is considered impolite to regift a present that was given to you.
  • I don't want this gift, so I might regift it to someone else.
  • I'm just going to regift this to my friend because I have no use for it.
  • Sometimes we need to regift our past mistakes in order to move forward in life.