cheapskate
noun
cheap·skate
ˈchēp-ˌskāt 
: a miserly or stingy person
especially
: one who tries to avoid paying a fair share of costs or expenses
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Examples of cheapskate in a Sentence
a cheapskate who lived like a pauper, she was reputedly the wealthiest woman in the U.S. at the time of her death
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The best choice for total cheapskates Maybe listening to a football game isn’t ideal.
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Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
The company explained that the system, which is being tested in random locations around the U.S. and Canada, is intended to create incentives against cheapskates.
—Emily Heil, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2023
Supporters of the new verification system have criticized those unwilling to pay as cheapskates or worse, and the argument would have an internal sort of logic if the new product did the same thing as the old product.
—Brian Fung, CNN, 24 Apr. 2023
Andy’s a cheapskate.
—Phillip Picardi, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2020
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Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
The company explained that the system, which is being tested in random locations around the U.S. and Canada, is intended to create incentives against cheapskates.
—Emily Heil, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2023
Supporters of the new verification system have criticized those unwilling to pay as cheapskates or worse, and the argument would have an internal sort of logic if the new product did the same thing as the old product.
—Brian Fung, CNN, 24 Apr. 2023
Andy’s a cheapskate.
—Phillip Picardi, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2020
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“Cheapskate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cheapskate. Accessed 6 Oct. 2024.
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cheapskate
noun
cheap·skate
ˈchēp-ˌskāt
: a miserly or stingy person
especially
: one who tries to avoid paying his or her fair share
Etymology
-skate from earlier skate "a person," probably from a dialect word skite, meaning "an offensive person"
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