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English adjective: penny-pinching | |||
| 1. | penny-pinching giving or spending with reluctance | ||
| Samples | Our cheeseparing administration. Very close (or near) with his money. A penny-pinching miserly old man. | ||
| Synonyms | cheeseparing, close, near, skinny | ||
| Similar | stingy, ungenerous | ||
| Antonyms | generous | ||
English noun: penny-pinching | |||
| 1. | penny-pinching (attribute) extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily | ||
| Synonyms | parsimoniousness, parsimony, thrift | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | frugality, frugalness | ||
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