parsimony
Plural: parsimonies
Noun
- extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
- extreme stinginess
- Great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.
- The quality or characteristic of using the fewest resources or explanations to solve a problem.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English parcimonie, from Middle French parsimonie, from Latin parsimōnia (“frugality, sparingness”), from pars-, past participle stem of parcere (“to spare”), + -monia, suffix signifying action, state, or condition.
Synonyms
closeness, meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, penny-pinching, thrift, tightfistedness, tightness, economy, efficiency, frugality, sparingness
Scrabble Score: 16
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