Definitions for: Parsimony

[n] extreme stinginess
[n] extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
--Thackeray.

Syn: Economy; frugality; illiberality; covetousness;
closeness; stinginess. See Economy.

Synonyms: closeness, meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, penny-pinching, thrift, tightfistedness, tightness

See Also: frugality, frugalness, miserliness, pettiness, stinginess

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