stint

nounperiod of responsibility
verbeconomize; hold back

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Word Origin & History

"to limit, restrain, to be sparing or frugal," Old English styntan "to blunt, make dull," from Proto-Germanic *stuntijanan (cf. Old Norse stuttr "short, scant," Middle High German stunz "blunt, short," German stutzen "to cut short, curtail, stop, hesitate"), from PIE root *(s)teu- "to beat, strike, push, thrust" (see steep (adj.)). Related: Stinted; stinting. The noun is attested from c.1300.

Example Sentences forstint

"Stint it, Humphrey," said the tall squire, with a burst of laughter.

I want to finish this stint, so as to have the afternoon off.

There he stopped, not entirely because his "stint" was done, but because what he saw surprised him.

With you every path is plain to us, every river passable, and of provisions we shall know no stint.

Daisy clapped her hands with delight, and did not stint her praise or approval.

There had been no stint of money, and it was an extremely handsome book.

We have been for a few days on half-rations, but we have no stint of roast squash.

It is sufficient, however, merely to set on record that there was no stint.

Henry, no longer so lavish with his money as in Wolsey's days, did not stint for this purpose.

If this injured his confidence it did not stint his courage.

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