parsimony
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1 parsimony
Extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.
synoniemen: parsimoniousness, penny-pinching, thrift.
Roget 817: economy, frugality; thrift, thriftiness; care, husbandry, good housewifery, savingness†, retrenchment. savings; prevention of waste, save-all; cheese parings and candle ends; parsimony ... meer laten zien
Roget 819: parsimony, parcity†; parsimoniousness†, stinginess etc. adj.; stint; illiberality, tenacity. avarice, greed etc. 817.1. ... meer laten zien
Nederlands: zuinigheid, vrekkigheid
Pools: groszoróbstwo, ciułactwo
2 parsimony
Extreme stinginess.
synoniemen: closeness, meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, tightfistedness, tightness.
Pools: chytrość, skąpość, skąpstwo
Moby betekeniswoordenboek: Lenten fare, austerity, austerity program, canniness, care, carefulness, chariness, economic planning, economicalness, economy, economy of means, exiguity, exiguousness, false economy, forehandedness, frugality, frugalness, good management, husbandry, jejuneness ... meer laten zien.
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