scrimp

Be extremely frugal

To scrimp is to be very careful with money or resources, spending as little as possible.

The word suggests uncomfortable frugality—not wise budgeting but pinching pennies out of necessity or excessive caution: They scrimped and saved for years to buy a house.

To scrimp on something is to provide less than needed: Don't scrimp on the sunscreen.

frugality

budget

Plan for spending

saveProtect from loss
economizeReduce expenses deliberately
penny-pinchingExtreme reluctance to spend

tightfisted · thrifty · parsimonious · stingy · miserly · pinch · stretch · cutback · conserve · ration

insufficiency

skimp

Economize excessively

stintFixed work period
meagerDeficient in quantity
scantyInsufficient in amount

bare · minimal · inadequate · paltry · skimpy · lean · sparse · deficient · shortage · shortchange

sacrifice

self-denial

Restraining one's own desires

austerityEnforced economic stringency
restraintControl over impulses
sacrificeGiving up something precious

hardship · deprivation · do without · forgo · abstain · curtail · tighten belt · pinch pennies · struggle · want

scrimp

budget

skimp

self-denial

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