cheapness, stinginess, miserliness; quality of being economical, thrift
cheap or stingy, miserly; unwilling to spend money
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Penny-pinching Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
penny-pinching
adj : 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]
n : extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily [syn: parsimony, parsimoniousness, thrift]
Noun
1. extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
(synonym) parsimony, parsimoniousness, thrift
(hypernym) frugality, frugalness
Adjective
1. giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"
(synonym) cheeseparing, close, near
(similar) stingy, ungenerous
Verb
1. spend money frugally; spend as little as possible
(synonym) nickel-and-dime
(hypernym) spend, expend, drop
