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  penny-pinching
       adj : giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing
             administration"; "very close (or near) with his money";
             "a penny-pinching miserly old man" [syn: cheeseparing,
              close, near]
       n : extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money
           unnecessarily [syn: parsimony, parsimoniousness, thrift]

  penny-pinching
     a.
     reluctant to spend money; close-fisted
     alt.
     reluctant to spend money; close-fisted
     n.
     1 reluctance to spend money; thrift or parsimony
     2 Instance of extreme economy.

  penny-pinching
     a.
     reluctant to spend money; close-fisted
     alt.
     reluctant to spend money; close-fisted
     n.
     1 reluctance to spend money; thrift or parsimony
     2 Instance of extreme economy.

  penny-pinching
     a.
     reluctant to spend money; close-fisted
     alt.
     reluctant to spend money; close-fisted
     n.
     1 reluctance to spend money; thrift or parsimony
     2 Instance of extreme economy.

  penny-pinching
     a.
     reluctant to spend money; close-fisted
     alt.
     reluctant to spend money; close-fisted
     n.
     1 reluctance to spend money; thrift or parsimony
     2 Instance of extreme economy.

  penny-pinching /pˈɛni pˈɪntʃɪŋ/
   [coll.] übertriebene Sparsamkeit , Knauserigkeit , Knausrigkeit , Knickerigkeit  [Dt.] , Kniepigkeit  [Norddt.] , Pfennigfuchserei  [ugs.] , Filzigkeit  [selten]
     Synonyms: miserliness, niggardliness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, cheese-paring
  

  penny-pinching /pˈɛni pˈɪntʃɪŋ/
  geizig, knausrig, knauserig, kniepig [Norddt.] , netig [Norddt.] , knorzig  [Schw.]
           Note: Person
     Synonyms: miserly, niggardly, tight-fisted, close-fisted, hard-fisted, stingy, mingy, mean, chintzy, penurious