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sumptuary (adj.)

"pertaining to expense," c. 1600, from Latin sumptuarius "relating to expenses," from sumptus "expense, cost," from sumere "to borrow, buy, spend, eat, drink, consume, employ, take, take up," contraction of *sub-emere, from sub "under" (see sub-) + emere "to take, buy" (from PIE root *em- "to take, distribute").

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Definitions of sumptuary from WordNet

sumptuary (adj.)
regulating or controlling expenditure or personal behavior;
sumptuary laws discouraging construction of large houses on small plots
sumptuary laws forbidding gambling
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