Defenition of the word penny-pinching

• Defenition of the word penny-pinching

  • giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"
  • extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
  • giving or spending with reluctance

Synonyms for the word penny-pinching

• • cheeseparing
  • close
  • near
  • parsimoniousness
  • parsimony
  • thrift

Similar words in the penny-pinching

• • stingy
  • ungenerous

Hypernyms for the word penny-pinching

• • frugality
  • frugalness

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