parsimony
noun
1 parsimony
Extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.
synonyms: parsimoniousness, penny-pinching, thrift.
Roget 817: economy, frugality; thrift, thriftiness; care, husbandry, good housewifery, savingness†, retrenchment. savings; prevention of waste, save-all; cheese parings and candle ends; parsimony ... show more
Roget 819: parsimony, parcity†; parsimoniousness†, stinginess etc. adj.; stint; illiberality, tenacity. avarice, greed etc. 817.1. ... show more
Dutch: zuinigheid, vrekkigheid
Polish: groszoróbstwo, ciułactwo
2 parsimony
Extreme stinginess.
synonyms: closeness, meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, tightfistedness, tightness.
Polish: chytrość, skąpość, skąpstwo
Moby thesaurus: Lenten fare, austerity, austerity program, canniness, care, carefulness, chariness, economic planning, economicalness, economy, economy of means, exiguity, exiguousness, false economy, forehandedness, frugality, frugalness, good management, husbandry, jejuneness ... show more.
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