scrimp

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

scrimp [scrimp scrimps scrimped scrimping] BrE [skrɪmp] NAmE [skrɪmp] verb intransitive
to spend very little money on the things that you need to live, especially so that you can save it to spend on sth else
•They scrimped and saved to give the children a good education.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
mid 18th cent. (in the sense ‘keep short of food’): from Scots scrimp ‘meagre’; perhaps related to ↑shrimp.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  stint, skimp