cheapskate

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Noun

cheapskate (plural cheapskates)

1. Someone who stingily avoids spending money.

   Synonyms: miser, Thesaurus:miser

   Antonyms: spendthrift

   He is such a cheapskate, he found that jumper in a dustbin.

2. (by extension) Someone who does not give freely.

   My mum is such a cheapskate that she didn't lend me money to go shopping.

Translations

• French: avare, pingre
• Italian: tirchio, avaro, avaro
• Portuguese: muquirana (Brazil), avarento, pão-duro (Brazil)
• Russian: скря́га

Translations

• Russian: жа́дина

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