penny-pinching

Noun
  1. Extreme care in spending money;
    Reluctance to spend money unnecessarily (synset 104900720)
    is a type of: frugality, frugalness - prudence in avoiding waste
    same as: parsimoniousness, parsimony, thrift
Adjective
  1. Giving or spending with reluctance (synset 301116967)
    "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"
    similar to: stingy, ungenerous - unwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.)
    same as: cheeseparing, close, near, skinny

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