Parsimony - English meaning

Parsimony – definitions in English dictionary

noun
Extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources.
Usage examples:
He had a reputation for parsimony in his lifetime but left several charitable bequests in his will
Synonims:
Meanness Miserliness Parsimoniousness Niggardliness Close-fistedness Closeness Penuriousness Penny-pinching Cheese-paring Illiberality Frugality Stinginess Minginess Tightness Tight-fistednes

noun
Unwillingness to spend money or to give things to people
Usage examples:
There is no excuse for such corporate parsimony over staff salaries., the government has been parsi…

Parsimony translation into English

Parsimony: translate from English into Chinese

简约, 撙, 撙节, 过分节俭

Parsimony: translate from English into Dutch

Spaarzaamheid, Gierigheid

Parsimony: translate from English into French

Parcimonie

Parsimony: translate from English into German

Sparsamkeit, Geiz

Parsimony: translate from English into Hindi

बचत, कृपणता, किफ़ायत, कंतूसी, मितव्ययिता, तच्‍छ और साधरण वस्‍तुओं का बचाव या कृपणता

Parsimony: translate from English into Italian

Parsimonia

Parsimony: translate from English into Korean

인색, 극도의 검약

Parsimony: translate from English into Russian

Бережливость, Скупость, Экономия, Скряжничество

Parsimony: translate from English into Spanish

Parsimonia, Avaricia, Frugalidad, Escasez

Word origin

late Middle English: from Latin parsimonia, parcimonia, from parcere ‘be sparing’.

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Parsimony – similar words

parsimoniously

adverb
In a way that shows that you are not willing to spend money or to give or use a lot of something
Usage examples:
I ordered one beer and drank it parsimoniously until the end of the night., the emperor parsimoniou…

Parsimoniously - all meanings in English

parsimonious

adjective
Very unwilling to spend money or use resources.
Usage examples:
Even the parsimonious joe paid for drinks all round

Parsimonious - all meanings in English

Parsimony synonims

closeness

noun
The quality of being only a short distance away or apart in space or time.
Usage examples:
The geographical closeness of our two countries

noun
Being close in position or time
Usage examples:
A special closeness is supposed to exist between twins.

Closeness - all meanings in English

frugality

noun
The quality of being economical with money or food; thriftiness.
Usage examples:
He scorned the finer things in life and valued frugality and simplicity

noun
The quality of being careful when using money or food
Usage examples:
She was known for her simplicity and frugality., they taught that frugality must be observed in foo…

Frugality - all meanings in English

meanness

noun
Lack of generosity; miserliness.
Usage examples:
He has written to the berlin-based national association of advertising agencies telling them their …

Meanness - all meanings in English

miserliness

noun
Excessive desire to save money; extreme meanness.
Usage examples:
The party earned a damaging reputation for miserliness by cutting pensions

Miserliness - all meanings in English

penny-pinching

adjective
Unwilling to spend money; miserly.
Usage examples:
Being frugal doesn't mean you have to turn into a penny pinching miser

noun
Unwillingness to spend money.
Usage examples:
This penny-pinching has exposed the bridge's steelwork to corrosion

adjective
Unwilling to spend money
Usage examples:
Workers decided to take a stand against management's penny-pinching approach to resources., the tra…

Penny-pinching - all meanings in English

stinginess

noun
Unwillingness to spend money
Usage examples:
He has a reputation for stinginess., is giving your unwanted gifts as birthday presents good for th…

Stinginess - all meanings in English

tightness

noun
The quality of being fixed, fastened, or closed firmly.
Usage examples:
The tightness of the seal was tested

noun
The quality of fitting the body too closely
Usage examples:
The tightness of the waistband, one of the typical symptoms of anxiety is a feeling of tightness in…

Tightness - all meanings in English

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