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noun (n)

• extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily(noun.attribute)

  Synonym:
  parsimoniousness, penny-pinching, thrift
  

  source: wordnet30
• extreme stinginess(noun.attribute)

  Synonym:
  closeness, meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, tightfistedness, tightness
  

  source: wordnet30
• Closeness or sparingness in the expenditure of money; -- generally in a bad sense; excessive frugality; niggardliness.(noun)

  source: webster1913