scrimp
playSimple Definition of scrimp
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: to spend as little money as you can : to be careful about spending money
Examples of scrimp in a sentence
They scrimped and saved for their big vacation.
<had to scrimp and save for years in order to be able to afford a house>
Origin and Etymology of scrimp
perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish skrympa to shrink, Middle Low German schrempen to contract — more at shrimp
First Known Use: circa 1774
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