1. Intéressé.
2. Économe.
3. (Familier) Radin.
ETYM Cf. French avaricieux.
Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; SYN. covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile.
(Informal) Frugal; stingy, especially with respect to money.
1. Wanting to have as much as something (esp. money) as possible.
2. Wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume.
Meanly covetous or avarcious in dealing with others; stingy.
ETYM Cf. French parcimonieux. Related to Parsimony.
Excessively unwilling to spend; SYN. penurious.
A miserly person; SYN. tightwad.
Especially; one who tries to avoid paying a fair share of costs or expenses
ETYM Latin miser wretched, miserable; cf. Greek misos hate, misein to hate: cf. Italian and Spanish misero wretched, avaricious.
A hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably).