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   Stint

   /stint/

   

   verb

   • 1. supply an 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 economical or frugal 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?

   • Stint definition: to be frugal; get along on a scanty allowance. See examples of STINT used in a sentence.

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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. Limit; bound; restraint; extent .

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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 does a stint in the kitchen mean?

   • (+ adv./prep.) a period of time that you spend working somewhere or doing a particular activity He did a stint abroad early in his career. He hated his two-year stint in the Navy. I’ve done my stint in the kitchen for today. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.

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   noun. 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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   noun [ C ] uk / stɪnt / us. Add to word list. a period of time spent doing something: He had a two-year stint as a teacher in Spain. (Definition of stint from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of stint. in Chinese (Traditional) 工作期限, （從事某項活動的）規定期限, 限量提供… See more. in Chinese (Simplified)

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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 day ago · 1. to be frugal; get along on a scanty allowance. Don't stint on the food. They stinted for years in order to save money. 2. archaic. to cease action; desist. transitive verb. 3. to limit to a certain amount, number, share, or allowance, often unduly; set limits to; restrict.

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   Definition of stint noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   noun [ C ] uk / stɪnt / us. a period of time spent doing something: He had a two-year stint as a teacher in Spain. Want to learn more? Improve your vocabulary with English Vocabulary in Use from Cambridge. Learn the words you need to communicate with confidence.

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   What does the noun stint mean? There are 20 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun stint , nine of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.