STINT


Meaning of STINT in English

n. 1 share, quota, allotment, bit, assignment, stretch, shift, term, time, job, chore, task, routine, turn, tour, duty, responsibility, obligation, charge She had done her stint of washing-up and refused to do any more 2 control, curb, limit, limitation, restriction, check, restraint, constraint, condition, qualification, reservation The committee is free to exercise without stint its power to raise membership fees

v. 3 control, curb, limit, restrict Don't stint yourself, lunch is on the firm 4 skimp, scrimp, be stingy or cheap or penurious or parsimonious or sparing or frugal, hold back (on), withhold, economize, pinch (pennies), cut corners, Colloq Brit be mingy They certainly didn't stint on the food and drink at Andrea's party

Oxford thesaurus English vocab.      Английский словарь Оксфорд тезаурус.