on a small/tight/shoestring budget
idiom
: involving a relatively small amount of money for planned spending
She started her business on a small/tight/shoestring budget and could not afford to overspend.
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With all due respect to the pressures of making an unconventional sci-fi film on a tight budget, using ecologically destructive technology for a story of ecological devastation, in which clean water is an increasingly rare resource, adds an unintentionally grim layer of irony to the tale.
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Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2025
There are options for the good life in Europe on a tight budget.
—Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Operating on a tight budget at the Athletics, Beane invested in players overlooked by scouts but who data suggested had game-winning potential.
—Ali Rampling, New York Times, 31 July 2025
Think the only places to live on a shoestring budget are in Asia or Latin America?
Think again.
—Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
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Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2025
There are options for the good life in Europe on a tight budget.
—Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Operating on a tight budget at the Athletics, Beane invested in players overlooked by scouts but who data suggested had game-winning potential.
—Ali Rampling, New York Times, 31 July 2025
Think the only places to live on a shoestring budget are in Asia or Latin America?
Think again.
—Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for on a small/tight/shoestring budget
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“On a small/tight/shoestring budget.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20a%20small%2Ftight%2Fshoestring%20budget. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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