Meaning of penny-pinching in English
(Definition of penny-pinching from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
penny-pinching | Business English
penny-pinching
adjective
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us
penny-pinching
noun [ U ]
The transport system is finally receiving fresh investment after decades of government penny-pinching.
Examples of penny-pinching
penny-pinching
Both subsections seem to carry meanness and penny-pinching to a totally unreasonable degree.
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Again, clause 3 represents a small change, but a mean, penny-pinching and unnecessary one.
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Their objective seems to be simply a penny-pinching, cost-cutting sweatshop economy.
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These all have a cost, and we should not limit our political ambitions by penny-pinching over what is, after all, a relatively modest budget.
Do we not need to get away from the penny-pinching, monetarist attitude once and for all and give the issue the priority that it deserves?
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It would be the greatest possible shame if penny-pinching cuts in research budgets were to cause us to lose this lead.
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It was penny-pinching of the worst sort and will cost a considerable price.
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However, we deplore the piecemeal, penny-pinching manner in which they approach it.
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The moment the cuts began the generosity disappeared and penny-pinching raised its ugly head.
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That seems to be yet another example of penny-pinching which will affect most those individuals who need most.
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I thought that that comment was a bit mean and penny-pinching because we have given a great deal.
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I hope that he was not here to carry out a penny-pinching exercise.
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The penny-pinching that has gone on here is highlighted by the foolishness we find in so many other aspects.
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It is not only in county courts that penny-pinching rules the day.
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What they see is a penny-pinching attitude, driven by an accountancy approach to politics, rather than the statecraft our citizens are crying out for.
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