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parsimonious
parsimony par‧si‧mo‧ny [ˈpɑːsɪməni ǁ ˈpɑːrsˌmoʊni] noun [uncountable] formal
extreme unwillingness to spend money:

• The gap between government parsimony and the needs of sport is filled by commercial sponsorship.

— parsimonious adjective :

• Some accuse the government of being too parsimonious in financing education

— parsimoniously adverb

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parsimony UK US /ˈpɑːsɪməni/ US  /ˈpɑrsɪməʊni/ noun [U] FORMAL DISAPPROVING
unwillingness to spend money or to give things to people: »

There is no excuse for such corporate parsimony over staff salaries.

parsimonious adjective
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The government has been parsimonious in its spending on the arts.


Financial and business terms. 2012.