Penny-pinching

3 definitions 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) 2.0 [wn]:

  penny-pinching
       adj : 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}]
       n : extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money
           unnecessarily [syn: {parsimony}, {parsimoniousness}, {thrift}]