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• n  extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
• v  spend money frugally; spend as little as possible
• s  giving or spending with reluctance
  a penny-pinching miserly old man

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• As retailers brace for penny-pinching shoppers this holiday season , they're hoping their websites can deliver some good news.
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• parsimony
• parsimoniousness
• thrift
• penny-pinch
• nickel-and-dime
• cheeseparing
• close
• near
• skinny

News & Articles

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• Job growth shows economy expanding at leisurely pace
  If the jobs data for May are any indication, the economy isn't falling into the feared "spring swoon." It isn't dancing in the aisles, either, though.And while Uncle Sam’s penny-pinching may be putting a damper on hiring, a steady improvement in consumers’ finances is helping to keep the economic recovery on track.Employers stepped up hiring in May, a sign the economy continues the gradual ...
  June 7, 2013 - MSNBC

Quotes

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• Brendan Nelson in The Australian
  The last thing we want to see is penny-pinching by the Rudd Government when it comes to Aussie farmers,Dr Nelson said.
• Jennifer Granholm in BusinessWeek
  The American people voted for change last November, but instead of listening to them, the president is giving us more of the same - a blank check for this endless war and penny-pinching for critical domestic priorities like education, health care,... Barbara Boxer http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Boxer&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEGSQu_qAI-7i0czKkD7VvfoA3Fiw Environment News Service http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/feb2007/2007-02-05-02.asp&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNET4AHmZAS5JrBUlX-sj2iThm__Cg Feb 6, 2007 73308 98112 penny-wise Motioning to her mother sitting near the podium at the front of the House chamber, Granholm said, My mom can pinch pennies with the best of them, but she also taught me not to be penny-wise and pound foolish."