penny-pinching

pen·ny-pinch·ing (pn-pnchng)

adj.

Giving or spending money grudgingly; stingy.

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penny-pinching n.

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penny-pinching

adj

Informal excessively careful with money

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

noun

meanness, selfishness, parsimony, stinginess, miserliness, tight-fistedness, niggardliness, minginess (Brit. informal), penuriousness He is well known for his eccentric penny-pinching.
miserliness generosity

adjective

mean, close, near (informal), frugal, stingy, scrimping, miserly, niggardly, tightfisted, Scrooge-like, tight-arse (taboo slang), tight-arsed (taboo slang), mingy (Brit. informal), tight-ass (U.S. taboo slang), tight-assed (U.S. taboo slang), cheeseparing, snoep (S. African informal), tight as a duck's arse (taboo slang) small-minded, penny-pinching administrators
mean kind, liberal, generous, prodigal, open-handed, unstinting, munificent

Translations

penny-pinching [ˈpenɪˌpɪntʃɪŋ]

A. N → tacañería f

B. ADJ [person] → tacaño, avaro

penny-pinching [ˈpɛnɪˈpɪntʃɪŋ]

1. n there should be no penny-pinching → non si dovrebbe stare a lesinare il centesimo

2. adj (person) → taccagno/a, spilorcio/a