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# cheapskate

«cheapskate» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person who does not like spending money, even when they…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a cheapskate, cheapskates) — informal

### meaning for a pupil

(informal, insulting) A person who does not like spending money, even when they should; a mean or stingy person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheapskate/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday talk and stories: someone who never pays their share or gives tiny tips. It is a teasing or unkind word. Similar: tightwad (US), tight-fisted, stingy, mean (UK), scrooge.

### examples

- Don't be a cheapskate; buy your sister a card! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheapskate/#x1)
- He's such a cheapskate that he never shares his sweets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheapskate/#x2)
- The cheapskate left a tiny tip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheapskate/#x3)
- Grandad calls himself a cheapskate as a joke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheapskate/#x4)
- Only a cheapskate would split a biscuit in half to share. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheapskate/#x5)
- Being careful with money doesn't make you a cheapskate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheapskate/#x6)

### note

Informal; can be rude about someone. Being thrifty (careful with money) is good; being a cheapskate means being mean. In the UK «mean» often means stingy, not cruel.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cheapskate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheapskate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.