scrimp

• Глагол, используемый для обозначения действия экономии или траты как можно меньшего количества денег, часто за счет сокращения расходов на предметы первой необходимости.

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.

   Экономить

   • 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.

   Synonymscut backeconomizesavescrapeskimpstint

   Antonymslavishspendsplurgesquanderwaste