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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For those on a tight budget, Kannan recommends scouring eBay, Craigslist, and local area Listservs where people sell their used furniture.
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Elizabeth Yuko, Architectural Digest, 2 May 2025
Review Park shows what state-building on a shoestring budget looks like in this fascinating historical account of colonial and postcolonial Kenya.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
After years of operating on a shoestring budget, the abundance felt like a relief.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
Fuad Hassan, a mechanical engineering student at the University of Illinois Chicago from Gurnee who backs the proposal, is trying to earn a four-year degree on a tight budget, and spends as much time commuting as some college kids do working a part-time job.
—Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
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Elizabeth Yuko, Architectural Digest, 2 May 2025
Review Park shows what state-building on a shoestring budget looks like in this fascinating historical account of colonial and postcolonial Kenya.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
After years of operating on a shoestring budget, the abundance felt like a relief.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
Fuad Hassan, a mechanical engineering student at the University of Illinois Chicago from Gurnee who backs the proposal, is trying to earn a four-year degree on a tight budget, and spends as much time commuting as some college kids do working a part-time job.
—Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
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