Word: penny-pinching
Synonyms: penny-pinching
mean, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, close-fisted, cheeseparing, grasping, Scroogelike, stingy, mingy, tight, tightfisted, money-grubbing, penurious, near, skinny, close
Translations: penny-pinching
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spanish
Translations:
tacaño, cicatera, tacañería, tacaños, tacaña
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german
Translations:
Geiz, Pfennigfuchserei, geizig
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french
Translations:
pingre, bouts de chandelle, de bouts de chandelle
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italian
Translations:
taccagno, avarizia, parsimoniosi, spilorci
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portuguese
Translations:
avarentos, mesquinha
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dutch
Translations:
schriel, gierigheid, vrekkige, gierig, vrekkig
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russian
Translations:
скаредный, прижимистый, скупой, скупость
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norwegian
Translations:
penny-
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swedish
Translations:
snåla, snålhet
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finnish
Translations:
kitsastelu, pihi
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danish
Translations:
smålige, nærig, nærighed, pengekræmmeri, skilling
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czech
Translations:
lakomý, skrblictví
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polish
Translations:
penny-, grosza
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hungarian
Translations:
penny, fillért sem, fillért, filléres, a Penny
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turkish
Translations:
cimri, cimri bir
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greek
Translations:
τσιγγουνιά, τσιγγουνιές, φειδωλή
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ukrainian
Translations:
скупий, жадібний, скупою, скупої, скупій
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albanian
Translations:
kurnac, dorështrënguar
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bulgarian
Translations:
стотинка, пени, и стотинка, цент
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belarusian
Translations:
скупы, скупой, скупое, сквапны, скупога
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estonian
Translations:
Kitsastelu
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croatian
Translations:
škrt
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icelandic
Translations:
eyri, penning, Penny
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lithuanian
Translations:
pigesniu
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latvian
Translations:
penny, penss, graša, santīma
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macedonian
Translations:
денар, пени, цент
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romanian
Translations:
-
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slovenian
Translations:
-
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slovak
Translations:
lakomý, lakomec
The meaning and "use of": penny-pinching
adjective
- unwilling to spend or share money; miserly; mean. - Running one would only be a waste of taxpayers' money, which I'm sure our penny-pinching scheme opposers would find horrific!
- unwillingness to spend or share money. - And he rounded things off with a joke regarding the Scot's notoriety for stinginess and penny-pinching .
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