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Relating to expense; regulating expense or expenditure.

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  1. a. Relating to expense; regulating expense or expenditure.
  2. adj. regulating or controlling expenditure or personal behavior
  3. Relating to expense; regulating expense or expenditure. Bacon. Sumptuary laws or regulations, laws intended to restrain or limit the expenditure of citizens in apparel, food, furniture, etc.; laws which regulate the prices of commodities and the wages of labor; laws which forbid or restrict the use of certain articles, as of luxurious apparel.
  4. Relating to expense; regulating expense or expenditure. Bacon.Sumptuary laws or regulations, laws intended to restrain or limit theexpenditure of citizens in apparel, food, furniture, etc.; laws whichregulate the prices of commodities and the wages of labor; laws whichforbid or restrict the use of certain articles, as of luxuriousapparel.
  5. j:100 s. regulating or controlling expenditure or personal behavior