n. 1. The quality of being parsimonious; extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily. Syn. -- parsimony, thrift, penny-pinching. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
2. An extreme stinginess. Syn. -- meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, tightfistedness. [ WordNet 1.5 ]