Penny-pinching (Noun)
Meaning
Extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- Her penny-pinching ways allowed her to save enough money to buy a house by the time she was 30.
- The company's penny-pinching approach to employee benefits was a major turn-off for potential hires.
- After years of living paycheck to paycheck, he developed a penny-pinching habit that was hard to break.
- The billionaire's penny-pinching reputation was cemented when he was spotted flying economy class.
- Her friends teased her about her penny-pinching ways, but she didn't care – she was debt-free and proud of it.