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{{Short description|Person who is reluctant to spend}}
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A '''miser''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|aɪ|z|ər|}} is a person who is reluctant to spend money, sometimes to the point of forgoing even basic comforts and some necessities, in order to hoard money or other possessions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/miser|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811103227/http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/miser|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 11, 2012|title=miser - definition of miser in English from the Oxford dictionary|work=oxforddictionaries.com}}</ref>  Although the word is sometimes used loosely to characterise anyone who is mean with their money, if such behaviour is not accompanied by taking delight in what is saved, it is not properly miserly.

Misers as a type have been a perennial object of popular fascination and a fruitful source for writers and artists in many cultures.