Extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.

synonyms: parsimony, penny-pinching, thrift.

Roget 819: parsimony, parcity^†; parsimoniousness^†, stinginess etc. adj.; stint; illiberality, tenacity.    avarice, greed etc. 817.1. miser, niggard, churl, screw, skinflint, crib, codger, muckworm^†, scrimp, lickpenny^†, hunks, curmudgeon, Harpagon, harpy, extortioner, Jew, usurer; Hessian [U.S.]; pinch fist, pinch penny.    ... show more

Dutch: zuinigheid, vrekkigheid
Polish: groszoróbstwo, ciułactwo

Extreme stinginess.

synonyms: closeness, meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, tightfistedness, tightness.

Polish: chytrość, skąpość, skąpstwo