cheesepare
verb
1 [no object] To make cheese-paring economies (also figurative ).
2 [with object] To save (money) in this way.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in The Pall Mall Gazette.
- quarter section
- quarter sessions
- quarter-sight
- quarter-sling
- quarter snail
- quarter-space
- quarter square
- quarterstaff
- quarter-stake
- quarter-stretch
- quarter-stroke
- quarter-stuff
- quarter tense
- quarter timber
- quarter time
- quarter-tonal
- quarter-tonality
- quarter-tone
- quarter-track
- quarter-turn
- quarter-turning
- quarter twist
- quarter-vine
- quarter-voided
- quarter waiter