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Noun: prodigality  ,pró-di'ga-lu-tee
  1. Spending money or using resources excessively or wastefully
    "His prodigality with the company's funds raised eyebrows";
    - extravagance, profligacy
     
  2. A luxurious and extravagant lifestyle, often involving excessive spending
    "After winning the lottery, he embraced the prodigality of fancy cars and expensive restaurants";
    - extravagance, lavishness, highlife, high life

Derived forms: prodigalities

Type of: dissipation, improvidence, shortsightedness, waste, wastefulness

Encyclopedia: Prodigality