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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

penny-pinching

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01 n. Extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.
  1. 1.
    Extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.
Syn. parsimony, parsimoniousness, thrift.
02 adj. Scrimping; reluctant to spend money; stingy; miserly; same as cheesparing.
  1. 1.
    Scrimping; reluctant to spend money; stingy; miserly; same as cheesparing. See: cheesparing
Syn. cheeseparing, close.