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S: (n) parsimony, parsimoniousness, thrift, penny-pinching (extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily)

S: (v) penny-pinch, nickel-and-dime (spend money frugally; spend as little as possible)

S: (v) consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out (use up (resources or materials)) "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
S: (v) consume, squander, waste, ware (spend extravagantly) "waste not, want not"
S: (v) afford (be able to spare or give up) "I can't afford to spend two hours with this person"
S: (v) blow (spend lavishly or wastefully on) "He blew a lot of money on his new home theater"
S: (v) wanton, wanton away, trifle away (spend wastefully) "wanton one's money away"
S: (v) underspend (spend at less than the normal rate)
S: (v) misspend (spend (money or other resources) unwisely)
S: (v) penny-pinch, nickel-and-dime (spend money frugally; spend as little as possible)
S: (v) invest, put, commit, place (make an investment) "Put money into bonds"
S: (v) save, economize, economise (spend sparingly, avoid the waste of) "This move will save money"; "The less fortunate will have to economize now"
S: (v) lay out (spend or invest) "lay out thousands on gold"; "he laid out a fortune in the hope of making a huge profit"
S: (v) piddle, wanton, wanton away, piddle away, trifle (waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently)
S: (v) misspend (spend time badly or unwisely) "He misspent his youth"

S: (adj) cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinny (giving or spending with reluctance) "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"