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Rishonly Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

PENNY-PINCH (MEANING)

Now, a new generation of Net-collaboration technologies is making it easier for companies to work hand-inhand with their partners to bring new products to the market in record time—and on penny-pinching budgets.

(1) What is the meaning of "penny-pinching" in this sentence? low budgets?

(2) Do we really need a hyphen in the words "hand-inhand"?
  

Top answer

Hello Krish Yes you are right. "Penny-pinching budget" is "small budget". Dictionaries define "penny-pinching" as "niggardly", "parsimonious" or "stingy".

— Paco2004

  • Hello Krish Yes you are right.
  • "Penny-pinching budget" is "small budget".
  • Dictionaries define "penny-pinching" as "niggardly", "parsimonious" or "stingy".
  • As for "hand-inhand", I think it should be "hand in hand".
  • paco
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Hello Krish

Yes you are right. "Penny-pinching budget" is "small budget". Dictionaries define "penny-pinching" as "niggardly", "parsimonious" or "stingy". As for "hand-inhand", I think it should be "hand in hand".

paco
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Thanks much, Paco2004.
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Can "penny-pinch" be used to describe a person? I mean I am looking for a word to decribe someone who is rich but not very generous or someone who is really money-minded. Is "penny-pinch" or "stingy" the right word?

e.g. He is very rich but stingy. He never donates any money to charity.

thanks
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Hello

"Penny pinch" is rarely used as an adjective (the most frequent use is as a verb). I think "stingy" or "miserly" is most suited to what you are wanting.
On google
"stingy rich X" … 424 "rich, stingy X" … 556
"miserly rich X" …185 "rich, miserly" … 463
"frugal rich " …144 "rich, frugal" …122 ['frugal' is positive]

paco
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