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(Entry 1 of 2)
giving or sharing as little as possible
- the new CEO's penny-pinching ways have helped to keep the company out of bankruptcy
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nounSynonyms & Antonyms of penny-pinching (Entry 2 of 2)
1
careful management of material resources
- they'll have to practice some penny-pinching if they want to save for a house
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2
the quality or practice of being overly sparing with money
- reusing your tea bags is perhaps taking penny-pinching too far
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“Penny-pinching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/penny-pinching. Accessed 19 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of penny-pinching was in 1935
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