Usually means: Extreme frugality to save money.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word penny-pinching:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. penny-pinching: Merriam-Webster
  2. penny-pinching: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. penny-pinching: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. penny-pinching, penny-pinching: Collins English Dictionary
  5. penny-pinching: Vocabulary.com
  6. Penny-pinching, penny-pinching: Wordnik
  7. penny-pinching: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. penny-pinching: Wiktionary
  9. penny-pinching: Dictionary.com
  10. penny-pinching: Rhymezone
  11. penny-pinching: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. penny-pinching: FreeDictionary.org
  13. penny-pinching: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. penny-pinching: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. penny-pinching: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. penny-pinching: Encyclopedia

(Note: See penny-pincher as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  reluctant to spend money; close-fisted
noun:  reluctance to spend money; thrift or parsimony; extreme economy.

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