Miserliness - English meaning

noun

Excessive interest in acquiring money or material things.

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This aggressive merchandising encourages acquisitiveness among children

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Eagerness to own and collect things

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He was known for his acquisitiveness, buying any work of art that caught his eye., the group's acqu…

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Severe self-discipline and avoiding of all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.

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Acts of physical asceticism

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The practice of living a simple life without physical pleasures, often for religious reasons

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He believed a closer relationship with god could be found through strict asceticism., it seems unfa…

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Extreme greed for wealth or material gain.

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He was rich beyond the dreams of avarice

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Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth

noun

An extremely strong desire to obtain or keep wealth

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Avaricious land speculators

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The quality of being only a short distance away or apart in space or time.

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The geographical closeness of our two countries

noun

Being close in position or time

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A special closeness is supposed to exist between twins.

noun

Intense and selfish desire for something, especially wealth, power, or food.

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Mercenaries who had allowed greed to overtake their principles

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Insatiable desire for wealth

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A strong desire to continually get more of something, esp. money

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He was motivated by pure greed., he was greedy for power.

noun

Lack of generosity; miserliness.

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He has written to the berlin-based national association of advertising agencies telling them their …

noun

Extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources.

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He had a reputation for parsimony in his lifetime but left several charitable bequests in his will

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Unwillingness to spend money or to give things to people

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There is no excuse for such corporate parsimony over staff salaries., the government has been parsi…

adjective

Unwilling to spend money; miserly.

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Being frugal doesn't mean you have to turn into a penny pinching miser

noun

Unwillingness to spend money.

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This penny-pinching has exposed the bridge's steelwork to corrosion

adjective

Unwilling to spend money

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Workers decided to take a stand against management's penny-pinching approach to resources., the tra…

noun

The beliefs or principles of a group of english protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries who regarded the reformation of the church under elizabeth i as incomplete and sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship.

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The disintegration of puritanism preceded any attempt to impose the presbyterian system.

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The belief that it is important to work hard and control yourself, and that pleasure is wrong or unnecessary

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The quality of using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully.

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The values of thrift and self-reliance

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The careful use of money, esp. by avoiding waste

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[ u ] trina learned thrift from her mother., they have plenty of money now, but they’re still thrif…

noun

The careful use of money, especially by avoiding waste and saving money for the future

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The idea of the price increases is to encourage thrift.