Usually means: Stingy, reluctant to spend money.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word close-fisted:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. close-fisted: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. close-fisted: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. close-fisted, close-fisted: Collins English Dictionary
  4. close-fisted: Wordnik
  5. close-fisted: Wiktionary
  6. close-fisted: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. close-fisted: Dictionary.com
  8. close-fisted: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  9. CLOSE-FISTED: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  10. close-fisted: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. close-fisted: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (close-fisted)

▸ adjective:  tight-fisted, stingy

Similar:
narrow-fisted, dry-fisted, tightfisted, tight-fisted, close-handed, closehanded, penny-pinching, tight, grippy, close, more...

Opposite:
generous, liberal, open-handed

Types:
stingy, miserly, parsimonious, avaricious, penurious, more...

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Similar:
narrow-fisted, dry-fisted, tightfisted, tight-fisted, close-handed, closehanded, penny-pinching, tight, grippy, close, more...

Opposite:
generous, liberal, open-handed

Types:
stingy, miserly, parsimonious, avaricious, penurious, more...



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