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  1. 1. n. Closeness or sparingness in the expenditure of money; -- generally in a bad sense; excessive frugality; niggardliness. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily Source: wordnet
  3. 3. n. extreme stinginess Source: wordnet
  4. 4. Closeness or sparingness in the expenditure of money; -- generally in a bad sense; excessive frugality; niggardliness. Bacon. Awful parsimony presided generally at the table. Thackeray. Syn. -- Economy; frugality; illiberality; covetousness; closeness; stinginess. See Economy. Source: webster
  5. 5. Closeness or sparingness in the expenditure of money; --generally in a bad sense; excessive frugality; niggardliness. Bacon.Awful parsimony presided generally at the table. Thackeray. Source: adambom
  6. 6. n:100 n. extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily Source: ecdict

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