PENNY-PINCHING

• (noun) extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily

  synonyms : parsimoniousness , parsimony , thrift

  His parsimony was one of the biggest sources of his wealth. -added by naila_inlas

• (adj.) giving or spending with reluctance

  "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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