penny-pinching

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penny-pinching Definition

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

penny-pinching Synonyms

• cheeseparing
• close
• near
• parsimoniousness
• parsimony
• penny-pinching
• thrift