adj
Meaning 1
reluctant to spend money; close-fisted
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
penny-pinching
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noun
Meaning 2
reluctance to spend money; thrift or parsimony; extreme economy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
giving or spending with reluctance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- our cheeseparing administration
- very close (or near) with his money
- a penny-pinching miserly old man
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cheeseparing, close, near, skinny
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: parsimony, parsimoniousness, thrift
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: frugality, frugalness
History
Etymology
From pinchpenny.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Italian: taccagno — reluctant to spend money
- Italian: spilorcio — reluctant to spend money
- Russian: прижи́мистый (prižímistyj) — reluctant to spend money
- Italian: taccagneria — reluctance to spend money
- Italian: spilorceria — reluctance to spend money