penny pinching

English - Turkish

Definition of penny pinching in English Turkish dictionary: pintilik; kuruş pinching; cimrilik
penny pinch: cimrilik et
penny pinch: cimrilik yapmak

English - English

Definition of penny pinching in English English dictionary: reluctant to spend money; close-fisted; reluctance to spend money; thrift or parsimony; Instance of extreme economy; disapproval Penny-pinching is the practice of trying to spend as little money as possible. Government penny-pinching is blamed for the decline in food standards; {s} cheap or stingy, miserly; unwilling to spend money; giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"; {i} cheapness, stinginess, miserliness; quality of being economical, thrift; disapproval Penny-pinching people spend as little money as possible. small-minded penny-pinching administrators. unwilling to spend or give money mean; extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily

penny pinching

Hyphenation

pen·ny pinching

peni pînçîng

/ˈpenē ˈpənʧəɴɢ/ /ˈpɛniː ˈpɪnʧɪŋ/

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