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Extravagance in expenditure, particularly of money; excessive liberality; profusion; waste; -- opposed to frugality, economy, and parsimony.

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  1. n. Extravagance in expenditure, particularly of money; excessive liberality; profusion; waste; -- opposed to frugality, economy, and parsimony.
  2. n. the trait of spending extravagantly
  3. n. the activity of excessive spending
  4. Extravagance in expenditure, particularly of money; excessive liberality; profusion; waste; -- opposed to frugality, economy, and parsimony."The prodigality of his wit." Dryden.
  5. Extravagance in expenditure, particularly of money; excessiveliberality; profusion; waste; -- opposed to frugality, economy, andparsimony."The prodigality of his wit." Dryden.
  6. n:100 n the trait of spending extravagantly n excessive spending