Definition of penny-pinching Penny-pinching
pen•ny•pinch•ing
We found 5 definitions of penny-pinching from 2 different sources.
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What does penny-pinching mean?
WordNet
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| penny-pinching - giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man" | ||
| cheeseparing, close, near, skinny | ||
| stingy, ungenerous unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds" | ||
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| penny-pinching - extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily | ||
| parsimony, parsimoniousness, thrift | ||
| frugality, frugalness prudence in avoiding waste | ||
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Wiktionary 
- penny-pinching (Noun)
reluctance to spend money; thrift or parsimony. - penny-pinching (Noun)
Instance of extreme economy. - penny-pinching (Adjective)
reluctant to spend money; close-fisted.
