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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the trait of spending extravagantly;
[syn: extravagance, prodigality, profligacy]

2. excessive spending;
[syn: extravagance, prodigality, lavishness, highlife, high life]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Prodigality \Prod`i*gal"i*ty\, n. [F. prodigalit['e], L. prodigalitas. See Prodigal.] Extravagance in expenditure, particularly of money; excessive liberality; profusion; waste; -- opposed to frugality, economy, and parsimony."The prodigality of his wit." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

prodigality n 1: the trait of spending extravagantly [syn: extravagance, prodigality, profligacy] 2: excessive spending [syn: extravagance, prodigality, lavishness, highlife, high life]