Definizione monolingua

parsimony

parsimony (uncountable)

1. Great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.
   • 1776, Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations:

     Parsimony, and not industry, is the immediate cause of the increase of capital. Industry, indeed, provides the subject which parsimony accumulates. But whatever industry might acquire, if parsimony did not save and store up, the capital would never be the greater.

2. By analogy from (1), principle of using the least resources or explanations to solve a problem.

Definizione dizionario parsimony

	avarizia
	Extreme reluctance to spend money.

	esosità
	Extreme reluctance to spend money.

	taccagneria
	Extreme reluctance to spend money.

	tirchieria
	Extreme reluctance to spend money.

parsimonia

Altri significati:

principle of using the least resources or explanations to solve a problem

great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily

By analogy from (1), principle of using the least resources or explanations to solve a problem.

Great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.