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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily;
[syn: parsimony, parsimoniousness, thrift, penny-pinching]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. giving or spending with reluctance;
- Example: "our cheeseparing administration"
- Example: "very close (or near) with his money"
- Example: "a penny-pinching miserly old man"
[syn: cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinny]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

penny-pinching \penny-pinching\ n.
   Extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money
   unnecessarily.

   Syn: parsimony, parsimoniousness, thrift.
        [WordNet 1.5]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

penny-pinching \penny-pinching\ adj.
   Scrimping; reluctant to spend money; stingy; miserly; same as
   cheesparing.

   Syn: cheeseparing, close.
        [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]