Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Penny-pinching.
6 letter answer(s) to penny-pinching
FRUGAL
avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"
STINGY
deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"
mean
unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"
THRIFT
any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers
extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
4 letter answer(s) to penny-pinching
MEAN
(used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip"
(used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt
an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value; "the average income in New England is below that of the nation"; "of average height for his age"; "the mean annual rainfall"
characterized by malice; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean mood"
denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"
destine or designate for a certain purpose; "These flowers were meant for you"
excellent; "famous for a mean backhand"
have a specified degree of importance; "My ex-husband means nothing to me"; "Happiness means everything"
have as a logical cons
7 letter answer(s) to penny-pinching
MISERLY
(used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip"
12 letter answer(s) to penny-pinching
PARSIMONIOUS
excessively unwilling to spend; "parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses"; "lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence"
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