What is the meaning of parsimony?

Extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.
- synonyms: parsimoniousness, thrift, penny-pinching
Extreme stinginess.
- synonyms: meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness, closeness

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