Synonyms:
parsimony, parsimoniousness, thrift, penny-pinching
Meaning: extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
Usage examples
'You reproach me very often with parsimony of writing: but you may discover by the extent of my paper, that I design to recompence rarity by length.
But he was so excessively pleased with himself over the adroitness with which he had claimed the last hole, that he quite overstepped the bounds of his habitual parsimony.
The Prince Royal, at present, runs into the opposite extreme; and the formality, if not the parsimony, of the court, seems to extend to all the other branches of society, which I had an opportunity of observing; though hospitality still characterises their intercourse with strangers.
Besides, the Prince Royal, determined to be economical, almost descends to parsimony; and perhaps depresses his subjects, by labouring not to oppress them; for his intentions always seem to be good--yet nothing can give a more forcible idea of the dulness which eats away all activity of mind, than the insipid routine of a court, without magnificence or elegance.