Which of the following words most closely means the same as the word parsimony?

pennies saved one and two at a time by bull-dozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one's cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied.
a.
style
b.
thrift
c.
negotiation
d.
rudeness

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