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    PARSIMONIOUSNESS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Extreme stinginessplay

    Synonyms:

    closeness; meanness; minginess; niggardliness; niggardness; parsimoniousness; parsimony; tightfistedness; tightness

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

    Hypernyms ("parsimoniousness" is a kind of...):

    stinginess (a lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with money)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "parsimoniousness"):

    littleness; pettiness; smallness (lack of generosity in trifling matters)

    miserliness (total lack of generosity with money)

    Derivation:

    parsimonious (excessively unwilling to spend)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarilyplay

    Synonyms:

    parsimoniousness; parsimony; penny-pinching; thrift

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

    Hypernyms ("parsimoniousness" is a kind of...):

    frugality; frugalness (prudence in avoiding waste)

    Derivation:

    parsimonious (excessively unwilling to spend)

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