penny-pinching

pen·ny-pinch·ing (pn-pnchng)

adj.

Giving or spending money grudgingly; niggardly.

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penny-pinching n.

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penny-pinching

Adjective

excessively careful with money; miserly

Noun

miserliness

penny-pincher n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	penny-pinching - extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily parsimoniousness, parsimony, thrift frugality, frugalness - prudence in avoiding waste
Adj.	1.	penny-pinching - giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man" cheeseparing, near, skinny, close stingy, ungenerous - unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"

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penny-pinching

adjective mean, close, near (informal) frugal, stingy, scrimping, miserly, niggardly, tightfisted, Scrooge-like, mingy Brit. (informal) cheeseparing, snoep S. African (informal) << OPPOSITE generous