About The Word Penny-pinching

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Penny-pinching

Penny-pinching Meaning & Definition
Penny-pinching Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Penny-pinching?

[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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Penny-pinching: cheeseparing | close | near | parsimoniousness | parsimony | stingy | thrift | ungenerous

Related Terms | Find terms related to Penny-pinching: avarice | avaricious | cheap | cheapness | cheeseparing | close | closefisted | closefistedness | closeness | hardfisted | hardfistedness | hoarding | illiberal | illiberality | miserliness | miserly | near | nearness | niggardly | parsimonious | penurious | pinchfisted | pinching | save-all | stinginess | stingy | tight | tight purse strings | tightfisted | tightfistedness | tightness | ungenerosity | ungenerous

See Also | frugality | frugalness

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