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make ends meet
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | save money |
| Synonyms: | be frugal, be prudent, be sparing, conserve, cut back, cut corners, cut down, keep within means, make ends meet, manage, meet a budget, pay one's way, pinch pennies, retrench, run tight ship, scrimp, shepherd, skimp, stint, stretch a dollar, tighten one's belt |
| Antonyms: | spend, squander, throw away |
| Main Entry: | live |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make money to support living |
| Synonyms: | acquire a livelihood, earn a living, earn money, fare, feed, get along, get by, maintain, make ends meet, make it, profit, subsist, support |
| Main Entry: | save |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | economize; set money aside for later use |
| Synonyms: | amass, be frugal, be thrifty, cache, collect, conserve, cut corners, deposit, feather nest, gather, hide away, hoard, hold, keep, lay aside, lay away, maintain, make ends meet, manage, pile up, pinch pennies, put by, reserve, retrench, roll back, salt away, save for rainy day, scrimp, skimp, sock away, spare, squirrel, stash, stockpile, store, stow away, tighten belt, treasure |
| Antonyms: | squander, throw away, waste |
| Main Entry: | scrimp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | economize |
| Synonyms: | be cheap, be economical, be frugal, be prudent, be sparing, conserve, curtail, cut back, cut corners, make ends meet, pinch pennies, run a tight ship, save, skimp, stretch a dollar, tighten one's belt |
| Main Entry: | skimp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be cheap or frugal about |
| Synonyms: | be mean with, be sparing, cut corners, make ends meet, pinch, pinch pennies, roll back, save, scamp, scant, scrape, screw, scrimp, slight, spare, stint, tighten one's belt, withhold |
| Antonyms: | spend, use, waste |
| Main Entry: | stint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | economize; hold back |
| Synonyms: | be frugal, be parsimonious, be sparing, be stingy, begrudge, confine, cut corners, define, go easy on, grudge, limit, make ends meet, penny-pinch, pinch, restrain, roll back, save, save for rainy day, scrape, scrimp, skimp on, sock away, spare, squirrel, stash, tighten belt, withhold |
| Antonyms: | spend |
| Main Entry: | subsist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep going, living |
| Synonyms: | barely exist, be, breathe, continue, eke out a living, eke out an existence, endure, exist, get along, get by, hang in, hang on, hang tough, just make it, last, live, make ends meet, make it, manage, move, remain, remain alive, ride out, scrape by, stay alive, stick it out, stick with it, survive, sustain |
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