parsimony
par·si·mony
noun
1.
extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
Origin
From Middle English parcimonie, from Middle French parsimonie, from Latin parsimōnia (“frugality, sparingness”), from pars-, past participle stem of parcere (“to spare”), + -monia, suffix signifying action, state, or condition.
Phrases
- law of parsimony
- Occam's razor
- parsimony principle
- principle of parsimony
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