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  • miser — ► NOUN ▪ a person who hoards wealth and spends as little as possible. ORIGIN from Latin, wretched …   English terms dictionary

  • miser — mi‧ser [ˈmaɪzə ǁ ər] noun [countable] a person, organization, country etc that hates spending money: • This country is a miser when it comes to research and development spending in engineering. miserly adjective : • Teachers complain they already …   Financial and business terms

  • miser — noun Etymology: Latin miser miserable Date: circa 1560 a mean grasping person; especially one who is extremely stingy with money …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • miser — noun /ˈmaɪzə(r)/ A person who hoards money rather than spending it; one who is cheap or extremely parsimonious. was a stereotypical miser, he spent nothing he could save; neither giving to charity nor enjoying his wealth. Syn: cheapskate, scrooge …   Wiktionary

  • miser — noun (C) someone who hates spending money and likes saving it: A typical miser, he hid his money in the house in various places …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • miser — noun one wonders how happy a miser could ever be Syn: penny pincher, Scrooge, pinchpenny; informal skinflint, money grubber, cheapskate, tightwad, piker Ant: spendthrift …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • miser — noun a person who hoards wealth and spends very little. Origin C15: from L., lit. wretched …   English new terms dictionary

  • miser — noun Syn: penny pincher, Scrooge; informal skinflint, cheapskate; N.Amer.; informal tightwad Ant: spendthrift …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • miser — UK [ˈmaɪzə(r)] / US [ˈmaɪzər] noun [countable] Word forms miser : singular miser plural misers showing disapproval someone who likes to keep all their money and is unwilling to spend any …   English dictionary

  • miser — I. /ˈmaɪzə / (say muyzuh) noun 1. someone who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money. 2. a niggardly, avaricious person. 3. Obsolete a wretched or unhappy person. {Latin: wretched, unhappy, sick, bad} II. /ˈmaɪzə / (say… …  

  • miser — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. hoarder, niggard, money grubber, skinflint, penny pincher (sl.), tightwad (sl.). See parsimony. Ant., altruist, benefactor. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A hoarder of gold] Syn. extortioner, usurer,… …   English dictionary for students

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