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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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   What does stint mean?

   • período, experiência, economizar… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! STINT definition: 1. a fixed or limited period of time spent doing a particular job or activity: 2. to provide…. Learn more.

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   What does stent mean?

   • To assign a certain task to (a person), upon the performance of which he/she is excused from further labour for that day or period; to stent. (of mares) To impregnate successfully; to get with foal. stint (plural stints) A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell. He had a stint in jail. That left Maldonado with a 6.2-second lead.

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   What part of speech is the word 'stint'?

   • The noun STINT has three senses: 1. an unbroken period of time during which you do something, 2. smallest American sandpiper, 3. an individual's prescribed share of work. Familiarity information: STINT used as a noun is uncommon.

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   What does styntan mean?

   • Restriction; limit; limitation. A specified period of time spent doing something. An assigned task or quantity of work. Old English styntan (“make blunt"), probably influenced in some senses by cognate Old Norse * stynta. Origin unknown. Driven to move a two-year stint we can't get.

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   What is STINT and why is it important?

   • STINT is an organization that acts as an advisory board for various projects and provides its members with opportunities to organize workshops, speeches, lectures, and consulting. It is important because it offers full access to an open innovation network. STINT consolidates its members to positively shape public and political opinion about the future of technology.

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   What is a two-year stint?

   • n. 1. A length of time spent in a particular way, especially doing a job or fulfilling a duty: a two-year stint in the military. 2. A limitation or restriction: working without stint. [Middle English stinten, to cease, from Old English styntan, to blunt.]

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   STINT definition: 1. a fixed or limited period of time spent doing a particular job or activity: 2. to provide…. Learn more.

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     to provide, take, or use only a small amount of something:...

   • Znaczenie Stint, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     STINT definicja: 1. a fixed or limited period of time spent...

   • Stint: Russian Translation

     STINT translate: период времени . Learn more in the...

   • Stint: Polish Translation

     stint translate: okres. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Unstinting

     UNSTINTING definition: 1. extremely generous with time,...

   • Portuguese Translation

     STINT translate: período, experiência, economizar, privar....

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   A stint is a period of time which you spend doing a particular job or activity or working in a particular place.

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   a period of time spent doing something: a two-year stint in the army. an allotted amount or piece of work: to do one's daily stint. limitation or restriction, especially as to amount: to give without stint. Synonyms: tour of duty, tour, term, shift.

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   The meaning of STINT is a period of time spent at a particular activity. How to use stint in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Stint.

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   1. To be frugal or economical in providing something; hold back: The host did not stint on the wine. He does not stint when providing advice. 2. Archaic To stop or desist. v.tr. 1. a. To restrict (someone) in what is provided or allowed: "found his living so expensive that he had to stint his family" (William Marvel). b.

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   to provide, take, or use only a small amount of something: The bride's parents did not stint on the champagne - there was plenty for everyone. Don't stint yourself - take another slice of cake. See also. unstinting formal.

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   A stint is a period of time which you spend doing a particular job or activity or working in a particular place.