noun
- Extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.
- synonyms: parsimony, parsimoniousness, thrift
verb
- Spend money frugally; spend as little as possible.
- synonyms: penny-pinch, nickel-and-dime
adjective
- Giving or spending with reluctance.
- usage: "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"
- synonyms: cheeseparing, close, near, skinny
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