penny-pinching

Letters that make penny-pinching

e, g, n, p, c, h, i, y are letters that make 'penny-pinching'

Words within penny-pinching

PI, Penn, chin, hi, pe, PIN, Chin, pen, INC, pi, chi, penny, hin, inch, en, ng, penny-pinch, in, pinch, pin, HI, IN, NY, NC, In are words within 'penny-pinching'


2 possible definitions for 'penny-pinching'

Penny Pinching as "extreme care in spending money, reluctance to spend money unnecessarily"

Under this definition, penny-pinching is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

parsimony, thrift, parsimoniousness have the same meaning as 'penny-pinching'

penny-pinching as a type

'penny-pinching' can be a type of frugality, frugalness.

Derivatives of penny-pinching

near, skinny, careful, thrifty, penny-pinching, penurious, close, cheeseparing, parsimonious are derivatives of 'penny-pinching'.


Penny Pinching as "giving or spending with reluctance"

Under this definition, penny-pinching is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

near, skinny, close, cheeseparing have the same meaning as 'penny-pinching'

Derivatives of penny-pinching

minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, meanness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightfistedness, thrift, penny-pinching, closeness, tightness are derivatives of 'penny-pinching'.

Similar to penny-pinching

stingy, ungenerous are similar to 'penny-pinching'.

Example of penny-pinching used within this context

"our cheeseparing administration", "very close (or near) with his money", "a penny-pinching miserly old man"



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