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单词 parsimony
释义 Noun: parsimony  'paarsu`mownee [N. Amer], paasimunee [Brit]
  1. Extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
    - parsimoniousness, thrift, penny-pinching 
  2. Extreme stinginess
    - meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness, closeness

Derived forms: parsimonies

See also: parsimonious

Type of: frugality, frugalness, stinginess

Encyclopedia: Parsimony

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