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Penny-pinching

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Noun

1. parsimoniousness, parsimony, penny-pinching, thrift

extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily

Adjective

2. cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinny

giving or spending with reluctance

Example Sentences:
'our cheeseparing administration'
'very close (or near) with his money'
'a penny-pinching miserly old man'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Penny-pinching

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adjective
informal
excessively careful with money

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Penny-pinching

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n.
Informal
The practice of being extremely frugal in giving or spending money.

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