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noun extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
noun extreme stinginess
originFrom 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.
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