scrimp

  1. Noun.  A pinching miser; a niggard.
  2. Verb.  (transitive) To make too small or short; to scant; to contract; to shorten.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) To limit or straiten; to put on short allowance.
  4. Verb.  (intransitive) To be frugal.
  5. Adjective.  Short; scanty; curtailed.

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