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101stingy — stingy, close, closefisted, tight, tightfisted, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, miserly, cheeseparing, penny pinching can mean unwilling or manifesting unwillingness to share one s goods with others or to give to another a part of one s… …
102retrenchment — n 1. reduction, reducing, decrease, decreasing, diminution, diminishing, subtracting, sub duction, subducting, loss, lessening, shortening, contraction, contracting, decline, cutback, rollback, decrement, decrescence, depression, abridgment,… …
103parsimoniousness — noun 1. extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily • Syn: ↑parsimony, ↑thrift, ↑penny pinching • Derivationally related forms: ↑penny pinching (for: ↑penny pinching), ↑ …
104pinch pennies — {v. phr.}, {informal} Not spend a penny more than necessary; be very saving or thrifty. * /When Tom and Mary were saving money to buy a house, they had to pinch pennies./ [penny pincher] {n.}, {informal} A stingy or selfish person; miser. * /He… …
105pinch pennies — {v. phr.}, {informal} Not spend a penny more than necessary; be very saving or thrifty. * /When Tom and Mary were saving money to buy a house, they had to pinch pennies./ [penny pincher] {n.}, {informal} A stingy or selfish person; miser. * /He… …
106a — Gripe Gripe, n. 1. Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch. [1913 Webster] A barren scepter in my gripe. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the gripe of a sword. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mech.) A device for grasping …
107Gripe — Gripe, n. 1. Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch. [1913 Webster] A barren scepter in my gripe. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the gripe of a sword. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mech.) A device for grasping or… …
108Gripe penny — Gripe Gripe, n. 1. Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch. [1913 Webster] A barren scepter in my gripe. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the gripe of a sword. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mech.) A device for grasping …
109Pinch — Pinch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pinched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pinching}.] [F. pincer, probably fr. OD. pitsen to pinch; akin to G. pfetzen to cut, pinch; perhaps of Celtic origin. Cf. {Piece}.] 1. To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers …
110Pinched — Pinch Pinch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pinched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pinching}.] [F. pincer, probably fr. OD. pitsen to pinch; akin to G. pfetzen to cut, pinch; perhaps of Celtic origin. Cf. {Piece}.] 1. To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the… …
