stretch a dollar
Maximize purchasing power
To stretch a dollar is to make money last longer by spending carefully or getting maximum value from limited funds.
The image is of physically extending currency to cover more ground: With three kids in college, we've learned to stretch a dollar.
Often appears as stretch your dollar in advice about frugal living or bargain shopping.
- budgetPlan for spending
- frugalSparing with resources
- thriftyPrudent with resources
- penny-pinchingExtreme reluctance to spend
- penny wiseFrugal about small amounts
on a budget · make ends meet · living paycheck to paycheck · coupon · savings · scrimp · economize · bargain · tight · lean · makeshift · resourceful · ration · cutback · discount · secondhand · store brand · DIY
- thrift sayingspenny saved, penny wise, pinch pennies, penny pincher, live within means
stretch a dollarsplurge
Spend freely, impulsively
throw money around · live beyond one's means · squander · spare no expense · live large
stretch a dollarkeep up with the Joneses
Status-driven imitation of peers
conspicuous consumption · retail therapy · impulse buy · indulge · money to burn
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