Search Result:penny-pinching
Overview of noun penny-pinching
The noun penny-pinching has 1 sense
- parsimony, parsimoniousness, thrift, penny-pinching -- (extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily)
Overview of verb penny-pinch
The verb penny-pinch has 1 sense
- penny-pinch, nickel-and-dime -- (spend money frugally; spend as little as possible)
Overview of adj penny-pinching
The adj penny-pinching has 1 sense
- cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinny -- (giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man")