penny-pinching

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

extreme care in spending money;
reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
• Syn:
parsimony, parsimoniousness, thrift
• Derivationally related forms:
thrifty (for: thrift), parsimonious (for: parsimoniousness), parsimonious (for: parsimony)
• Hypernyms:
frugality, frugalness

II - adjective

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, skinny
• Similar to:
stingy, ungenerous
• Derivationally related forms:
closeness (for: close)