- Be extremely thrifty
- Be frugal
- Be thrifty
- Be unduly thrifty
- Be very thrifty
- Cut corners
- Stint
- Be frugal
- Nip
- Squeeze with fingers
- To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers,
between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to
squeeze or compress, as between any two hard bodies.
- o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals.
- To plait.
- Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to
starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money.
- Be frugal
- Stint
- Tighten one's belt, financially
- Use severe economy
- To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put
on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp
the pattern of a coat.
- Short; scanty; curtailed.
- A pinching miser; a niggard.
- Additional, able to be used when needed
- An extra
- Be merciful to
- Extra
- Extra or in reserve
- In reserve
- Indulge in
- To manage with economy; to use with prudence; to
expend with frugality; as, to economize one's income.
- To be prudently sparing in expenditure; to be frugal
and saving; as, to economize in order to grow rich.
- A selection
- Alternative
- Pick
- Selection
- The right to choose
- Variety
- Act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or
separating from two or more things that which is preferred; the
determination of the mind in preferring one thing to another; election.