noun
1. extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
• Syn: ↑parsimony, ↑thrift, ↑penny-pinching
• Derivationally related forms: ↑penny-pinching (for: ↑penny-pinching), ↑thrifty (for: ↑thrift), ↑parsimonious, ↑parsimonious (for: ↑parsimony)
• Hypernyms: ↑frugality, ↑frugalness
2. extreme stinginess
• Syn:
↑meanness, ↑minginess, ↑niggardliness, ↑niggardness, ↑parsimony, ↑tightness, ↑tightfistedness, ↑closeness
• Derivationally related forms:
↑close (for: ↑closeness), ↑tightfisted (for: ↑tightfistedness), ↑tight (for: ↑tightness), ↑parsimonious, ↑parsimonious (for: ↑parsimony), ↑niggardly (for: ↑niggardliness), ↑mingy (for: ↑minginess), ↑mean (for: ↑meanness)
• Hypernyms: ↑stinginess
• Hyponyms: ↑pettiness, ↑littleness, ↑smallness, ↑miserliness
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noun (-es) : the quality or state of being parsimonious
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parsimōˈniousness noun
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Main Entry: ↑parsimony
Useful english dictionary. 2012.