Translations for „tightfisted“ in the Portuguese » English Dictionary

ele é mão-de-vaca

he is tightfisted

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English

It is a false economy, it's senseless to tie up money in stock when employers are tightfisted over staff numbers and the stock can't get put out for sale.

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Vending machine sales struggled through the recession as consumers became tightfisted with their disposable income.

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It's certain you don't eat out as much and are a bit tightfisted, and you eat at home.

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I disagree strongly with the imputation that protecting me from being poisoned by lazy, slovenly or tightfisted restauranteurs is a bad thing or evidence of a nanny state.

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Much to investors' disappointment, the company has also been tightfisted about payouts.

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But the company hasn't been so tightfisted when it comes to investors.

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However, several recent developments in commercial lending offer signs of easing from tightfisted lenders.

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For a few tightfisted individuals, it's not even a question!

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