1. Giving or spending with reluctance
   "very penny-pinching with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"
   - cheeseparing, close, near, skinny

1. Extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
   - parsimony, parsimoniousness, thrift

1. Spend money frugally; spend as little as possible
   - nickel-and-dime [N. Amer]

Derived forms: penny-pinchings

See also: stingy, ungenerous

Type of: drop, expend, frugality, frugalness, spend

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