prudent

4 definitions • 6 examples

careful and avoiding risks:

[ + to infinitive ] It's always prudent to read a contract carefully before signing it.

showing good judgment in avoiding risks and uncertainties; careful:

His decision was prudent and timely.

careful in the way that you make decisions or spend money so that you avoid unnecessary risks:

They insisted that the deal is fiscally prudent and would not put the city budget at risk.

prudent to do sth It would be prudent to delay interest rate cuts until early next year.

prudent financial planning

prudent accounting is based on the principle of not showing assets or profits to be greater than they might be, or losses to be smaller than they might be, in a company's accounts:

Normal prudent accounting principles require that prepayments should be written down where it can be seen that they will not be fully recoverable.