penny-pinching
adjective
[ ˈpɛnɪpɪntʃɪŋ ]
• unwilling to spend money; miserly.
Similar:
miserly,
parsimonious,
close-fisted,
cheese-paring,
penurious,
scrimping,
grasping,
greedy,
avaricious,
Scrooge-like,
ungenerous,
illiberal,
close,
mean,
stingy,
mingy,
tight,
tight-fisted,
money-grubbing,
money-grabbing,
near,
tight-arsed,
tight-assed,
penny-pinching
noun
• unwillingness to spend money.
• "this penny-pinching has exposed the bridge's steelwork to corrosion"
