penny-pinching

adj.
Giving or spending money grudgingly; stingy.

penny-pinching pen'ny-pinch'ing n.

adjective

Ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money: cheap, close, close-fisted, costive, hard-fisted, mean², miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, petty, pinching, stingy, tight, tightfisted. See give/take/reciprocity.

adj

Definition: miserly
Antonyms: generous, liberal, munificent

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
  Synonyms: parsimony, parsimoniousness, thrift

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The adjective penny-pinching has one meaning:

Meaning #1: giving or spending with reluctance
  Synonyms: cheeseparing, close, near

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - nærig
n. - nærighed

Nederlands (Dutch)
vrekkig(heid)

Français (French)
adj. - grippe-sou
n. - économies de bouts de chandelle

Deutsch (German)
n. - Pfennigfuchserei
adj. - knauserig

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - παραδόπιστος, τσιγκούνης, σπαγκοραμμένος
adj. - τσιγκούνικος

Italiano (Italian)
avarizia, spilorcio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - avareza (f)
adj. - avarento

Русский (Russian)
скупердяй, скупой

Español (Spanish)
adj. - tacañería
n. - tacaño, avaro

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - snåljåp
adj. - snål, gnidig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
小气的, 小气

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 小氣的
n. - 小氣

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 인색한
n. - 인색함

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - けちな
n. - けち

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عبادة الفلوس, (صفه) ذو علاقه بالبخل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮קמצן‬
n. - ‮קמצנות‬

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