Meaning of PENNY-PINCHING

WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily [adj]  giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"
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	Synonyms:		cheeseparing, close, near, parsimoniousness, parsimony, stingy, thrift, ungenerous
	See Also:		frugality, frugalness
Thesaurus Terms
	Related Terms:		avarice, avaricious, cheap, cheapness, cheeseparing, close, closefisted, closefistedness, closeness, hardfisted, hardfistedness, hoarding, illiberal, illiberality, miserliness, miserly, near, nearness, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, pinchfisted, pinching, save-all, stinginess, stingy, tight, tight purse strings, tightfisted, tightfistedness, tightness, ungenerosity, ungenerous