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PENNY-PINCHING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
Synonyms:
parsimoniousness; parsimony; penny-pinching; thrift
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("penny-pinching" is a kind of...):
frugality; frugalness (prudence in avoiding waste)
Derivation:
penny-pinching (giving or spending with reluctance)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Giving or spending with reluctance
Example:
a penny-pinching miserly old man
Synonyms:
cheeseparing; close; near; penny-pinching; skinny
Classified under:
Similar:
stingy; ungenerous (unwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.))
Derivation:
penny-pinching (extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily)
