close with a buck
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close with a buck
adjective closer with a buck · closest with a buck
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Prudent in the expenditure of money; frugal; parsimonious.
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."
Similar: frugal
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