cheapness, stinginess
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Miserliness Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
Noun
1. total lack of generosity with money
(hypernym) meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness, closeness
Miserliness Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A miser, cheapskate, snipe-snout, penny pincher, piker, scrooge, skinflint or tightwad is a person who is reluctant to spend money, sometimes to the point of forgoing even basic comforts and some necessities. Old people were commonly portrayed as being miserly but this stereotype is less common since support programs such as Social Security have resulted in less poverty in old age.
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