Pinching
31penny-pinching — (Roget s Thesaurus II) 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… …
32penny\ pinching — • penny pincher • penny pinching See: pinch pennies …
33penny-pinching — adj or noun informal Bob saved enough money by penny pinching to buy a bicycle …
34penny-pinching — adjective unwilling to spend or give money penny pinching noun (U) penny pincher noun (C) …
35penny-pinching — adjective Zane s penny pinching aunt gave him five dollars as a wedding gift Syn: mean, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, close fisted, cheeseparing, grasping, Scroogelike; informal stingy, mingy, tight, tightfisted, money grubbing; formal… …
36penny-pinching — *stingy, close, closefisted, tight, tight fisted, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, miserly, cheeseparing …
37penny pinching — See: penny pinching …
38penny-pinching — UK [ˈpenɪ ˌpɪntʃɪŋ] / US adjective unwilling to spend money Derived words: penny pinching noun uncountable penny pincher noun countable Word forms penny pincher : singular penny pincher plural penny pinchers …
39penny-pinching — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ unwilling to spend money; miserly. ► NOUN ▪ miserliness. DERIVATIVES penny pincher noun …
40penny-pinching — I noun extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily • Syn: ↑parsimony, ↑parsimoniousness, ↑thrift • Derivationally related forms: ↑thrifty (for: ↑thrift …