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stint

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stint 1  (stnt)
v. stint·ed, stint·ing, stints
v.tr.
1. To restrict or limit, as in amount or number; be sparing with.
2. Archaic To cause to stop.
v.intr.
1. To subsist on a meager allowance; be frugal.
2. Archaic To stop or desist.
n.
1. A length of time spent in a particular way: a two-year stint in the military.
2. A fixed amount or share of work allotted. See Synonyms at task.
3. A limitation or restriction: working without stint.

[Middle English stinten, to cease, from Old English styntan, to blunt.]

stinter n.
stinting·ly adv.

stint
Verb
to be miserly with (something): don't stint on paper napkins
Noun
a given amount of work [Old English styntan to blunt]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.stint - an unbroken period of time during which you do something; "there were stretches of boredom"; "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary"
duration, continuance - the period of time during which something continues
2.stintstint - smallest American sandpiper
sandpiper - any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
Erolia, genus Erolia - a genus of Scolopacidae
3.stint - an individual's prescribed share of work; "her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her"
chore, job, task - a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee; "estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores"
Verb1.stint - subsist on a meager allowance; "scratch and scrimp"
save - spend less; buy at a reduced price
2.stint - supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance"
furnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"

stint
verb 2. be mean, hold back, be sparing, scrimp, skimp on, save, withhold, begrudge, economize, be frugal, be parsimonious, be mingy Brit. (informal) spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar
Translations
Spanish stint [stɪnt] ntarea, destajo;
to do one's stint (at sth) → hacer su parte (de algo), hacer lo que corresponde (de algo) vi to stint on → escatimar

French stint [stɪnt] npart f de travail
vi to stint on → lésiner sur, être chiche de

German stint [stɪnt] n (period) → Zeit f;
(batch of work) → Pensum nt;
(share) → Teil m
vi to stint on → sparen mit

Italian stint [stɪnt] nlavoro, compito
vi to stint on → lesinare su

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" And turning to his man, who had come to take me, "Give this horse a right good feed of bruised oats, and don't stint him.
"Don't stint yourself, we'll settle afterwards," he added, turning to Rostov.
Much of both did men do, and also did Steward do, ere, his daily six-quart stint accomplished, he turned homeward for bed.
 
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