- Acquisitive
- Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good
sense.
- Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and
possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense.
- Extreme frugality
- Closeness or sparingness in the expenditure of money; --
generally in a bad sense; excessive frugality; niggardliness.
- Strong desire.
- A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and
possessing some supposed good; excessive desire for riches or money; --
in a bad sense.