Scrimp
verb
To be very careful with money and spend as little as possible.
She had to scrimp and save for years to afford her own house.
Often appears as...
- scrimp and save
- scrimp on food
verb
To be very careful with money and spend as little as possible.
She had to scrimp and save for years to afford her own house.
Often appears as...
- scrimp and save
- scrimp on food
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Pro Tip 1/3Financial Focus
Use 'scrimp' when discussing efforts to reduce spending, often implying some hardship.
After losing his job, he started to scrimp on luxuries.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Miserly
'Scrimp' suggests prudent saving, not being stingy or miserly, which has a negative tone.
She's not cheap; she's just scrimping for her college fund.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporary Measure
Using 'scrimp' often refers to a temporary situation, unlike 'frugal', which implies a lifestyle.
They scrimp on daily expenses to afford a summer vacation.
Pro Tip 1/3Financial Focus
Use 'scrimp' when discussing efforts to reduce spending, often implying some hardship.
After losing his job, he started to scrimp on luxuries.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Miserly
'Scrimp' suggests prudent saving, not being stingy or miserly, which has a negative tone.
She's not cheap; she's just scrimping for her college fund.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporary Measure
Using 'scrimp' often refers to a temporary situation, unlike 'frugal', which implies a lifestyle.
They scrimp on daily expenses to afford a summer vacation.
Pro Tip 1/3Financial Focus
Use 'scrimp' when discussing efforts to reduce spending, often implying some hardship.
After losing his job, he started to scrimp on luxuries.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Miserly
'Scrimp' suggests prudent saving, not being stingy or miserly, which has a negative tone.
She's not cheap; she's just scrimping for her college fund.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporary Measure
Using 'scrimp' often refers to a temporary situation, unlike 'frugal', which implies a lifestyle.
They scrimp on daily expenses to afford a summer vacation.
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Steven Pinker and...
wife-beating, gay-bashing ancestors? I'm sure everyone here could think of an example. I opt for the mistreatment of animals in factory farms. The imprisonment of nonviolent drug offenders and the toleration of rape in our nation's prisons. Scrimping on donations to life-saving charities
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Steven Pinker and...
wife-beating, gay-bashing ancestors? I'm sure everyone here could think of an example. I opt for the mistreatment of animals in factory farms. The imprisonment of nonviolent drug offenders and the toleration of rape in our nation's prisons. Scrimping on donations to life-saving charities
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Quote examples
M. J. Hyland
English Author
I grew up in a bookless house with a father and brother who have spent most of their lives in prison, psychiatric hospitals, or living rough, and a mother who has spent her life slaving and scrimping to pay the bills, living a nervous and troubled life.
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Bryan Cranston
American Actor
I think, and I mean this sincerely, I was raised humbly. We were a lower middle income family and a household that was scrimping by at times. We were watching the dollar, stretching the dollar, and coupons. It was all those things.
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Marcy Kaptur
American Politician
I grew up in a family where our mother made our clothing. We didn't have a lot of money, so we learned how to scrimp, and we learned how to invent and to create. And those are learned skills.
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Roz Chast
American Cartoonist
My parents scrimped and saved all their lives, to the point where my mother used a disgusting old oven mitt that was stained and partly patched together with a skirt I made in seventh grade.
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Tom Colicchio
American Chef
I think steak is the ultimate comfort food, and if you're going out for one, that isn't the time to scrimp on calories or quality.
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William Barr
American Public Servant
It is imperative that state and local jurisdictions not scrimp on investing in law enforcement.
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John Belushi
American Comedian
I used to scrimp with Judy in one-room apartments.
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M. J. Hyland
English Author
I grew up in a bookless house with a father and brother who have spent most of their lives in prison, psychiatric hospitals, or living rough, and a mother who has spent her life slaving and scrimping to pay the bills, living a nervous and troubled life.
Quote examples
Bryan Cranston
American Actor
I think, and I mean this sincerely, I was raised humbly. We were a lower middle income family and a household that was scrimping by at times. We were watching the dollar, stretching the dollar, and coupons. It was all those things.
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Marcy Kaptur
American Politician
I grew up in a family where our mother made our clothing. We didn't have a lot of money, so we learned how to scrimp, and we learned how to invent and to create. And those are learned skills.
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Roz Chast
American Cartoonist
My parents scrimped and saved all their lives, to the point where my mother used a disgusting old oven mitt that was stained and partly patched together with a skirt I made in seventh grade.
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Tom Colicchio
American Chef
I think steak is the ultimate comfort food, and if you're going out for one, that isn't the time to scrimp on calories or quality.
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William Barr
American Public Servant
It is imperative that state and local jurisdictions not scrimp on investing in law enforcement.
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John Belushi
American Comedian
I used to scrimp with Judy in one-room apartments.
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