parsimony

[par·si·mo·ny]

Parsimony is a noun to use when you are watching your money very carefully. So you're not just saving your pennies for a rainy day you're clipping coupons, re using dryer sheets, and refusing to pay full price for anything.

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Closeness or sparingness in the expenditure of money; -- generally in a bad sense; excessive frugality; niggardliness.

Noun
extreme stinginess

Noun
extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily


n.
Closeness or sparingness in the expenditure of money; -- generally in a bad sense; excessive frugality; niggardliness.


Parsimony

Par"si*mo*ny , n. [L. parsimonia, parcimonia; cf. parcere to spare, parsus sparing: cf. F. parcimonie.] Closeness or sparingness in the expenditure of money; -- generally in a bad sense; excessive frugality; niggardliness. Bacon.
Awful parsimony presided generally at the table.
Syn. -- Economy; frugality; illiberality; covetousness; closeness; stinginess. See Economy.

Closeness or sparingness in the expenditure of money; -- generally in a bad sense; excessive frugality; niggardliness.

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Usage Examples

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

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Other Usage Examples

If time is money, it seems moral to save time, above all one's own, and such parsimony is excused by consideration for others. One is straight-forward.

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