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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 sump·tu·ary /ˈsʌm(p)ʧəˌwɛri/
 (a.)限制費用的,禁止奢侈的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sump·tu·a·ry a.  Relating to expense; regulating expense or expenditure.
 Sumptuary laws or Sumptuary regulations, laws intended to restrain or limit the expenditure of citizens in apparel, food, furniture, etc.; laws which regulate the prices of commodities and the wages of labor; laws which forbid or restrict the use of certain articles, as of luxurious apparel.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

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