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1. Pertaining to the proper management of expenditures by the one who is responsible for paying for services or objects which are produced for sale: While William was going to college, he was reminded by his parents that sumptuary limits had to take place because they still had to take care of his four brothers, too.
2. Etymology: from Latin sumptuarius; from sumptus, "expense"; from sumere, "to consume, tp spend, to take".
Relating to or a reference to regulating spending.
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Dealing with or controlling expenses.
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Referring to the regulation or control of expenses for food, clothes, or other materials. (2)
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