Its decision made clear that company stock was not automatically a prudent investment.

A prudent investment of the eight hundred pounds might, by this arrangement, feed, clothe, and in some sort educate Martha, Isabel, and Monica.

Vanguard spokeswoman Arianna Stefanoni Sherlock said the company is "firmly committed" to managing environmental issues as part of its prudent investment practices.

It's all the years in between, all the compounding that goes on in the meantime, and all the prudent investment decisions made along the way.

Prostitution is one such situation; courtship is another: certain men seem to consider an expensive dinner a prudent investment in pursuit of a sexual dividend.

A life spent doing nothing but keeping a careful eye on your monthly budget, everything you did limited by the dividends of prudent investments?

"George would see I made prudent investments, and think I ought to be satisfied with getting ten per cent."