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# miser

«miser» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who hoards money and hates to spend it, even…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (miser, misers)

### meaning for a pupil

A miser is a person who hoards money and hates to spend it, even when he has plenty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miser/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, the greedy man who counts his gold and will not share it

### examples

- The miser counted his coins every night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miser/#x1)
- Don't be a miser; share your sweets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miser/#x2)
- The miser hid his gold under the floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miser/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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