penny-pinching
extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily • Syn: parsimony, parsimoniousness, thrift • Derivationally related forms: thrifty (for: thrift), parsimonious (for: parsimoniousness), parsimonious (for: parsimony) • Hypernyms: frugality, frugalness
giving or spending with reluctance - our cheeseparing administration - very close (or near) with his money - a penny-pinching miserly old man • Syn: cheeseparing, close, near, skinny • Similar to: stingy, ungenerous • Derivationally related forms: closeness (for: close)
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