scrimpverb [ I ]
uk/skrɪmp/us/skrɪmp/to save money by spending less than is necessary to reach an acceptable standard:
There is a risk that the debt-ridden airline may be tempted to scrimp on maintenance or security.
scrimp and save
If you scrimp and save, you manage to live on very little money in order to pay for something:
I've been scrimping and saving all year to pay for our holiday.
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Saving money
- bank
- deposit account
- depositor
- direct deposit
- interest rate
- ISA
- on deposit idiom
- pension plan
- put
- put sth by
- rainy
- salt sth away
- save
- save/keep money for a rainy day idiom
- saver
- saving
- sock
- squirrel sth away
- TESSA
- war chest
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