to save up one's pennies

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• save — [v1] rescue bail out, come to rescue, defend, deliver, emancipate, extricate, free, get off the hook*, get out of hock*, give a break, liberate, pull out of fire*, ransom, recover, redeem, salvage, save one’s neck*, set free, spring, unchain,… …   New thesaurus

• save — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. rescue, deliver, preserve, salvage, safeguard; store, lay up, keep, hoard; redeem, convert; spare, avoid; economize, conserve. See preservation, piety. prep. saving, except[ing], barring, but,… …   English dictionary for students

• save — I v 1. rescue, come to [s.o. s] rescue, liberate, free, bail [s.o.] out; redeem, deliver, snatch from the jaws of death; salvage, Baseball, (of a relief pitcher) put out the fire. 2. protect, safeguard, guard, secure; shield, screen, cover, cloak …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• pinch pennies — phrasal : to practice strict economy there weren t any pennies pinched when it was furnished F.B.Gipson * * * I pinch (or count or watch) (one s) pennies be careful about how much one spends he is pinching pennies to save for a movie | she s been …   Useful english dictionary

• The Five Pennies — Infobox Film name = The Five Pennies image size = caption = director = Melville Shavelson producer = Jack Rose writer = Robert Smith Jack Rose Melville Shavelson narrator = starring = Danny Kaye Barbara Bel Geddes Harry Guardino Bob Crosby Louis… …   Wikipedia

• penny — pen|ny S1 [ˈpeni] n [: Old English; Origin: penning, penig] 1.) a) plural pence abbreviation p a small unit of money in Britain. There are 100 pence in one pound ▪ The bus fare is 80 pence. ▪ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• scrimp — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. curtail, limit, pinch, tighten, reduce; economize, skimp, stint, save, niggardize. See economy, parsimony. Ant., squander, spend. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. conserve, cut corners, pinch pennies, pinch,… …   English dictionary for students

• scrimp — verb I used to criticize my mother for the way she would scrimp Syn: economize, skimp, scrimp and save, save; be thrifty, be frugal, tighten one s belt, cut back, husband one s resources, watch one s pennies, pinch (the) pennies …   Thesaurus of popular words

• Jag Mundhra — Jagmohan Mundhra is an Indian film maker, well known for films like Bawander and Provoked. He is originally from Kolkata. [ [http://www.6bridges.com/my story.asp?SectionID=1000 FolderID=1074 DataID=1019 MyStory Jagmohan Mundhra] 6bridges.com A… …   Wikipedia

• economize — verb they economized by growing their own vegetables Syn: save (money), cut costs; cut back, make cutbacks, retrench, budget, make economies, be thrifty, be frugal, scrimp, cut corners, tighten one s belt, watch the/one s pennies …   Thesaurus of popular words

• Penny debate in the United States — 1959 US cent, first year mint with Lincoln Memorial design on reverse. A debate exists within the United States government, and American society at large, over whether the one cent coin, commonly known as the penny, should be eliminated as a unit …   Wikipedia