penny-pinching
penny-pinching · penny-pinchings
Reluctance to spend moneyReluctance to spend money; thrift or parsimony; extreme economy.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Reluctance to spend money; thrift or parsimony; extreme economy.
extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From pinchpenny.From pinchpenny.
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Forms
plural: penny-pinchingsSynonyms
4 synonymspinching pennies
Close in meaning
- extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily:parsimonyparsimoniousnessthrift
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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