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Definition of
parsimony noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
parsimony
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
ˈpɑrsəˌmoʊni
/
/
[
uncountable
]
(
formal
)
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the fact of being extremely unwilling to spend money
synonym
meanness
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parsimony
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