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Word | Parsimony |
extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily / stinginess, lack of generosity / Closeness or sparingness in the expenditure of money / stinginess; excessive frugality / extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources. / the quality of being very unwilling to spend money, | |
Usage | ⇒ Parsimony prevents man to spend money carelessly ⇒ Sitas Marner's parsimony did not allow him to indulge in any luxuries. ⇒ The charity was surprised by the parsimony of some larger corporations. ⇒ a great tradition of public design has been shattered by government parsimony |
Synonyms | frugality, meanness, thrift, economy, niggardliness, stinginess, miserliness, providence, parsimoniousness, tightness, austerity, closeness, minginess, prudence, selfishness, avarice, cheeseparing, greed, husbandry, niggardness, |
Antonyms | generosity, extravagance, liberality, openhandedness, philanthropy, improvidence, lavishness, luxury, prodigality, abundance, bountifulness, bounty, dissipation, dissolution, generousness, largesse, licentiousness, luxuriousness, openheartedness, opulence, |
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