Scrimp
verb — past tense: scrimped ; past participle: scrimped ; present participle: scrimping ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) (To economize severely. To be excessively sparing with or of. To cut or make too small or scanty) សំចៃ, រិតត្បៀត, រិតត្បិត
Example: We had to scrimp and save to pay the bills.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
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- A pinching miser; a niggard.
adjective
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- Short; scanty; curtailed.
verb — past tense: scrimped ; past participle: scrimped ; present participle: scrimping ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat.
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- conserve, curtail, economize, limit, pinch, save, skimp, squeeze, tighten