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- DictionaryPen·ny-pinch·ing/ˈpenēˌpin(t)SHiNG/
adjective
- 1. unwilling to spend or share money; miserly; mean: "being frugal doesn't mean you have to turn into a penny pinching miser"
noun
- 1. unwillingness to spend or share money: "this penny-pinching has exposed the bridge's steelwork to corrosion"
ˈpe-nē-ˌpin-chər. noun. penny-pinching adjective. Synonyms. economy. frugality. husbandry. parsimony. providence. scrimping. skimping. thrift. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of penny-pinching in a Sentence.
an unwillingness to spend money: Local residents have accused the council of penny-pinching. This penny-pinching has enabled the airline to slash ticket prices and still turn a profit. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
penny pincher. Someone who is extremely frugal or miserly with their money; someone who is very unwilling or reluctant to spend. My ex-husband was such a penny pincher that, on the rare occasion we would go out to eat, he wouldn't even leave a tip!
an unwillingness to spend money: Local residents have accused the city of penny-pinching. This penny-pinching has enabled the airline to slash ticket prices and still turn a profit. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
Definitions of penny-pinching. adjective. giving or spending with reluctance. “a penny-pinching miserly old man”. synonyms: cheeseparing, close, near, skinny. stingy, ungenerous. unwilling to spend. noun. extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.
What's the meaning of the phrase 'Penny-pinching'? Parsimonious; mean with money. What's the origin of the phrase 'Penny-pinching'? ‘Penny-pinching’ is an old English expression and is first recorded in Thomas Dekker’s play Shomakers Holiday, 1600: Let wine be plentiful as beere, and beere as water, hang these penny pinching fathers.
Penny-pinching definition: excessively careful with money. See examples of PENNY-PINCHING used in a sentence.