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- DictionaryPar·si·mo·ny/ˈpärsəˌmōnē/
noun
- 1. extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources: "he had a reputation for parsimony in his lifetime but left several charitable bequests in his will"
the quality of not being willing to spend money or to give or use a lot of something: She criticized government parsimony with defense investment. Her stepfather's parsimony was well known. See. parsimonious. Fewer examples. He despised parsimony, and particularly of words. There is parsimony on both sides of the family.
1. Unusual or excessive frugality; extreme economy or stinginess. 2. Adoption of the simplest assumption in the formulation of a theory or in the interpretation of data, especially in accordance with the rule of Ockham's razor.
2 days ago · uncountable noun. Parsimony is extreme unwillingness to spend money. [formal, disapproval] Due to official parsimony, only the one machine was built. Synonyms: meanness, tightness, penny-pinching [informal], frugality More Synonyms of parsimony. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
Definitions of parsimony. noun. extreme stinginess. synonyms: closeness, meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, tightfistedness, tightness. see more. noun. extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily. synonyms: parsimoniousness, penny-pinching, thrift. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA.
Definition of parsimony noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
4 days ago · noun. a tendency to be over-careful in spending; unreasonable economy; stinginess. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Word origin. ME parcimony < L parcimonia < parcere, to spare: akin to (com)pescere, to enclose, limit. Word Frequency.
Parsimony definition: . See examples of PARSIMONY used in a sentence.
