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Penny-pinching

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    reluctant to spend money; close-fisted

    "If there is an overall lesson, it is that train quality should be seen as part of the battle against climate change, with penny-pinching specifications robustly opposed as a false economy."

Adjective
  1. 1
    giving or spending with reluctance wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    reluctance to spend money; thrift or parsimony; extreme economy. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From pinchpenny.

Etymology 2

From pinchpenny.

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