Parsimony

Noun

 * 1) Great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.
 * 2) By analogy from (1), principle of using the least resources or explanations to solve a problem.
 * 1) By analogy from (1), principle of using the least resources or explanations to solve a problem.

Synonyms

 * economy
 * frugality
 * stinginess
 * niggardliness
 * See also Thesaurus:stingy
 * See also Thesaurus:frugal

Related terms

 * parsimonious

Thesaurus
Lenten fare, austerity, austerity program, canniness, care, carefulness, chariness, economic planning, economicalness, economy, economy of means, exiguity, exiguousness, false economy, forehandedness, frugality, frugalness, good management, husbandry, jejuneness, jejunity, leanness, management, meagerness, meanness, miserliness, narrowness, niggardliness, paltriness, parsimoniousness, providence, prudence, prudential administration, puniness, scantiness, scantness, scrawniness, scrimpiness, skimpiness, slenderness, slightness, slim pickings, slimness, smallness, spareness, sparingness, stinginess, thinness, thrift, thriftiness, tight purse strings, unwastefulness

Etymology
From parsimonie: <  parsimonia: < parcere:.

Translations

 * Danish: sparsomhed
 * Dutch: vrekkigheid,
 * Finnish:, kitsaus, kitsastelu
 * French:
 * German: Sparsamkeit,
 * Irish: barainn


 * Portuguese: parcimónia
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: бережливость, скупость, скряжничество
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: sparsamhet


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