scrimp

1. (transitive, sometimes with on) To make too small or short; to shortchange.Examples: "to scrimp the pattern of a coat"; "The company scrimped on the design so badly that it ended up defective."Synonyms: scant, contract, shorten, ;, skimpsometimestransitivewith-on

2. (transitive) To limit or straiten; to put on short allowance.Examples: "For, as a general thing, the English merchant-ship scrimps her crew; but not so the English whaler."; "There the Master scrimps his haggard sempstress of her daily bread, / There a single sordid attic holds the living and the dead."transitive

3. (intransitive) To be frugal, whether to a reasonable and wise extent or to a miserly and unwise extent.Examples: "“Oh, Electra, jewel of women, darling of my heart, we are free at last, we roll in wealth, we need never scrimp again. It's a case for Veuve Cliquot!”"; "They had to scrimp each month to afford it out of pocket."Synonyms: skimpintransitive