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   stint

   /stɪnt/

   verb

   • 1. supply a very ungenerous or inadequate amount of (something): "stowage room hasn't been stinted"
   • ▪ restrict (someone) in the amount of something, especially money, given or permitted: "to avoid having to stint yourself, budget in advance"
   • ▪ be very economical or mean about spending or providing something: "he doesn't stint on wining and dining"

   noun

   • 1. a person's fixed or allotted period of work: "his varied career included a stint as a magician"
   • 2. limitation of supply or effort: "a collector with an eye for quality and the means to indulge it without stint"

   Word Origin Old Englishstyntan ‘make blunt’, of Germanic origin; related to stunt1.

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