Penny-Pinching

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[n] extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
[adj] giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"

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Synonyms

cheeseparing, close, near, parsimoniousness, parsimony, stingy, thrift, ungenerous

Related Terms

avarice, avaricious, cheap, cheapness, cheeseparing, close, closefisted, closefistedness, closeness, hardfisted, hardfistedness, hoarding, illiberal, illiberality, miserliness, miserly, near, nearness, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, pinchfisted, pinc