skimping

careful management of material resources after years of skimping and saving, he was finally able to afford the sports car he had always wanted Synonyms frugality, husbandry, parsimony, penny-pinching, providence, scrimping, economy, thriftRelated Words conservation, saving; miserliness, niggardliness, stinginess; belt-tightening, retrenchment; discretion, forehandedness, prudence; austerity, moderation, restraint, temperanceNear Antonyms extravagance, improvidence, lavishness, prodigality, squanderingAntonyms diseconomy, wastefulness