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parsimonynoun the quality or practice of being overly sparing with moneyhis parsimony was so extreme that he'd walk five miles to the store to save a few cents on gas cheapness, cheeseparing, closeness, miserliness, niggardliness, penny-pinching, penuriousness, pinching, stinginess, tightfistedness, tightness conserving, economizing, economy, frugality, husbandry, providence, scrimping, skimping, thriftconservation, savinghusbanding, managing bountifulness, bounty, generosity, largesse(also largess), liberality, openhandedness, openheartedness, philanthropy, unselfishnessextravagance, lavishnessdissipation, improvidence, prodigality, squandering, wastefulness careful management of material resourcespeople often think that the good times will last forever and have little interest in parsimony economy, frugality, husbandry, penny-pinching, providence, scrimping, skimping, thrift conservation, savingmiserliness, niggardliness, stinginessbelt-tightening, retrenchmentdiscretion, forehandedness, prudenceausterity, moderation, restraint, temperance diseconomy, wastefulness extravagance, improvidence, lavishness, prodigality, squandering in the 15th century |