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cheapskate [noun]

A person who is unwilling to spend money

US

/ˈtʃiːp.skeɪt/

UK

/ˈtʃiːp.skeɪt/

informal

Example:

My dad's such a cheapskate that he cuts his hair himself.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

cheapskate

cheap‧skate /ˈtʃiːpskeɪt/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: cheap + skate 'worthless person' (19-20 centuries)]
informal someone who spends as little money as possible – used to show disapproval:
The cheapskate didn’t even pay for the cab.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cheapskate

cheap·skate f13 [cheapskate cheapskates] [ˈtʃiːpskeɪt] [ˈtʃiːpskeɪt] noun (informal, disapproving)
a person who does not like to spend money
• We really need a new heater, but the landlord's such a cheapskate we'll never get it.
Word Origin:

late 19th cent. (originally US): from cheap + skate ‘a worn-out horse’ or ‘a mean, contemptible, or dishonest person’, of unknown origin.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

cheapskate / ˈtʃiːp.skeɪt / noun [ C ] informal disapproving

a person who is unwilling to spend money:

My dad's such a cheapskate that he cuts his hair himself.

Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

cheapskate

[tʃi͟ːpskeɪt]
cheapskates
N-COUNT (disapproval)
If you say that someone is a cheapskate, you think that they are mean and do not like spending money.
Tell your husband not to be a cheapskate.
...cheapskate employers.
Syn:
skinflint

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cheapskate

cheap·skate /ˈʧiːpˌskeɪt/ noun, pl -skates [count] informal : a person who does not like to spend money
• He is a cheapskate [=miser, skinflint] who almost never gives tips.

American English

British English

mean with money

B2 (Upper-intermediate)

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