stinted Definition

stint¹
verb

stinted, stinting
1. To be mean or grudging in giving or supplying something.

Example: Don't stint on the booze for the party
Form: stint on

noun

1. An allotted amount of work or a fixed time for it.

Example: a twelve hour stint
Thesaurus: assignment, job, consignment, term, time, work, tour of duty.
2. A turn.

Example: did his stint yesterday

Derivative: stinted
adj

Derivative: stintedly
adverb

Derivative: stintedness
noun

Derivative: stinter
noun

Derivative: stinting
adj

Derivative: stintingly
adverb

Idiom: without stint

Liberally; unreservedly.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon styntan to dull.