pen·ny-pinch·ing /-ˌpɪnʧɪŋ/
penny-pinching
adj : giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing
administration"; "very close (or near) with his money";
"a penny-pinching miserly old man" [syn: cheeseparing,
close, near]
n : extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money
unnecessarily [syn: parsimony, parsimoniousness, thrift]