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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Parsimony (0.01778 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Parsimony.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: parsimony
parsimony
n 1: extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money
unnecessarily [syn:
parsimoniousness,
thrift,
penny-pinching]
2: extreme stinginess [syn:
meanness,
minginess,
niggardliness,
niggardness,
parsimoniousness,
tightness,
tightfistedness,
closeness]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Parsimony
Parsimony
\Par"si*mo*ny\, n. [L. parsimonia, parcimonia; cf.
parcere to spare, parsus sparing: cf. F. parcimonie.]
Closeness or sparingness in the expenditure of money; --
generally in a bad sense; excessive frugality; niggardliness.
--Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
Awful parsimony presided generally at the table.
--Thackeray.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Economy; frugality; illiberality; covetousness;
closeness; stinginess. See
Economy.
[1913 Webster]
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