scrimp

• فعل يُستخدم للدلالة على الاقتصاد في الإنفاق أو إنفاق أقل قدر ممكن من المال، غالبًا عن طريق تقليص النفقات حتى على الضروريات. ويشمل أيضًا معنى التقتير والبخل في المعيشة.

A verb used to indicate the act of economizing or spending as little money as possible, often by cutting back on necessities.

1. Economize or be thriftyB2informal

   To spend very little money, often by cutting back on expenses, in order to save or make ends meet.

   الاقتصاد والتقتير

   • They had to scrimp and save for years to buy a house.
   • She scrimps on groceries to afford her rent.
   • During the recession, many families scrimped on luxuries.

   المرادفاتcut backeconomizesavescrapeskimpstint

   الأضدادlavishspendsplurgesquanderwaste