1. To manage or to administer carefully and frugally: After her divorce and having a meagre income, Sally husbanded her household as thriftily, prudently, and as economically as possible.
2. To use to the best advantage: Because the area where Tom lived had been completely flooded and the streets were still cut off, all the residents were asked to husband their stocks and provisions. © ALL rights are reserved.

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