penny-pinch

1. 1.

   spend money frugally; spend as little as possible

   Synonymsnickel-and-dime

   Broaderspend

Questions about penny-pinch

What does penny-pinch mean?

penny-pinch means "spend money frugally; spend as little as possible".

How many syllables are in penny-pinch?

penny-pinch has 3 syllables and divides as pen-ny--pinch under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for penny-pinch?

Close synonyms include nickel-and-dime. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.