Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
penny-pinching \penny-pinching\ n.
Extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money
unnecessarily.
Syn: parsimony, parsimoniousness, thrift.
[WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
penny-pinching \penny-pinching\ adj.
Scrimping; reluctant to spend money; stingy; miserly; same as
{cheesparing}.
Syn: cheeseparing, close.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
penny-pinching
adj 1: giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing
administration"; "very close (or near) with his money";
"a penny-pinching miserly old man" [syn: {cheeseparing},
{close}, {near}, {penny-pinching}, {skinny}]
n 1: extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money
unnecessarily [syn: {parsimony}, {parsimoniousness},
{thrift}, {penny-pinching}]
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