Usually means: Saving money through careful management.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word scrimping:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. scrimping: Merriam-Webster
  2. scrimping: Collins English Dictionary
  3. scrimping: Vocabulary.com
  4. scrimping: Wordnik
  5. scrimping: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. scrimping: Wiktionary
  7. scrimping: Dictionary.com
  8. scrimping: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Scrimping: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. scrimping: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Scrimping: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. scrimping: FreeDictionary.org
  13. Scrimping: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. scrimping: Idioms

(Note: See scrimp as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (scrimping)

▸ noun:  An amount saved little by little.

Similar:
skimp, stint, scrimption, scrimpt, scantling, scrapping, slim pickings, squirreling, scramb, scrappage, more...

Opposite:
splurging, spending, indulging, lavishness

Types:
cutting corners, penny-pinching, skimping, miserly, more...

Phrases:
scrimping bar, more...

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Similar:
skimp, stint, scrimption, scrimpt, scantling, scrapping, slim pickings, squirreling, scramb, scrappage, more...

Opposite:
splurging, spending, indulging, lavishness

Types:
cutting corners, penny-pinching, skimping, miserly, more...

Phrases:
scrimping bar, more...



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