tightfistedness

noun

as in economy
the quality or practice of being overly sparing with money longing for the occasional luxury, they bitterly complained about their father's tightfistedness

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  1. economy
  2. saving
  3. tightness
  4. economizing
  5. cheapness
Noun
  • That cost millions of layoffs, but helped propel China to overtake Japan as the second-largest economy behind the United States in 2010.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Zhu tamed rampant inflation, overhauled the currency system and weathered the Chinese economy through Asia’s financial crisis in 1997.
    — CNN Staff, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of economy
Noun
  • Fremantle’s latest financials come after RTL implemented cost saving measures at the production house following a strategic review.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The universe didn’t throw them together because Louis needed to grieve, and Regina needed saving.
    — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of saving
Noun
  • Phillies starter Andrew Painter did not return for the fifth inning due to left hamstring tightness.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The tightness in refining explains why fuel remains expensive even as crude oil prices have dropped significantly from this year's highs, ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods told CNBC's Squawk Box on Friday.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of tightness
Noun
  • Inflation continues to pressure consumers The holiday economizing comes as Americans continue to battle inflation, which rose after the COVID-19 pandemic to levels not seen since the 1980s.
    — Alexander Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer, 11 Nov. 2025
Definition of economizing
Noun
  • In this way, simple cheapness becomes the rationale for pumping yet more carbon emissions into the atmosphere to import lumber produced through the destruction of overseas forests.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
  • The cheapness of a people for whom other peoples’ lives are cheap.
    — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2026
Definition of cheapness
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