noun
- people who are unwilling to spend money; miserly or stingy individuals
Usage: informal; plural of cheapskate
Examples
- My roommates are such cheapskates that they won’t even buy decent toilet paper.
- The cheapskates at the office never contribute to birthday collections.
- Don’t be cheapskates when it comes to your children’s education.
- Those cheapskates always order water and split one appetizer when we go out.
- The company’s cheapskates in management refused to upgrade the old computers.
- We called them cheapskates for buying the cheapest possible wedding gifts.