close with a buck

close with a buck

English

Adjective

close with a buck (comparative closer with a buck, superlative closest with a buck)

1. (informal) Prudent in the expenditure of money; frugal; parsimonious.
   • 1985, April 1, "Omaha's Plain Dealer," Newsweek (republished from Newsweek Archives, August 17, 2017) (retrieved 22 Nov 2020):

     And even with a personal fortune worth upward of $700 million, Buffett is still close with a buck; once urged by other members of his golfing foursome to double their bet of $1 a hole, he prudently replied: "Based on the way we're playing today, it wouldn't be a good bet."

   • 2012 June 2, Lennie Bennett, “Warhol prints from Cochran Collection pop at Leepa-Rattner Museum”, in Tampa Bay Times‎, retrieved November 22, 2020:

     Warhol […] was famously close with a buck, but prints he made as part of fundraisers for the 1983 Olympics and in advance of the 2000 millennium indicate he had some heart for causes.

   • 2014 November 16, Rosie DiManno, “Mats Sundin thankful for those Swedes that paved the way”, in The Star‎, retrieved November 22, 2020:

     Most of his time was spent building a new house on the Stockholm outskirts, serving as an ambassador for last year’s world championships in Sweden and — always close with a buck — dabbling in cautious financial investments.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:frugal