Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
cheeseparing is an adjective meaning "giving or spending with reluctance". It carries one recorded sense.
giving or spending with reluctance
“our cheeseparing administration”
“very close (or near) with his money”
“a penny-pinching miserly old man”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for cheeseparing come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.