parsimony > define
noun
- Extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.
- synonyms: parsimoniousness, thrift, penny-pinching
- Extreme stinginess.
- synonyms: meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness, closeness
by WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
(n.) Closeness or sparingness in the expenditure of money; -- generally in a bad sense; excessive frugality; niggardliness.
by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary