penny-pinching

(s) 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,

Nouns

(n) extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily parsimoniousness, parsimony, thrift,

Synonyms

parsimoniousness parsimony thrift cheeseparing near skinny close

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