stint — [stɪnt] noun [countable usually singular] a limited or fixed period of time doing a particular job: stint as • his two year stint as managing director • Doing a stint overseas is important to getting ahead in many companies. * * * stint UK US… … Financial and business terms
stint — stint·ed·ly; stint·ed·ness; stint·er; stint·ing·ly; stint·less; stint; … English syllables
Stint — Stint, n. [Also written stent. See {Stint}, v. t.] 1. Limit; bound; restraint; extent. [1913 Webster] God has wrote upon no created thing the utmost stint of his power. South. [1913 Webster] 2. Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
stint — stint1 [stint] vt. [ME stinten, to stint, cease, stop < OE styntan, to blunt or dull, akin to stunt, blunt, dull: see STUNT1] 1. to restrict or limit to a certain quantity, number, share, or allotment, often small or scanty 2. Archaic to stop… … English World dictionary
stint on — ˈstint on [present tense I/you/we/they stint on he/she/it stints on present participle stinting on past tense stinted on past participle … Useful english dictionary
Stint — Stint, v. i. To stop; to cease. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] They can not stint till no thing be left. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] And stint thou too, I pray thee. Shak. [1913 Webster] The damsel stinted in her song. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Stint — Stint, n. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) Any one of several species of small sandpipers, as the sanderling of Europe and America, the dunlin, the little stint of India ({Tringa minuta}), etc. Called also {pume}. (b) A phalarope. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Stint — Stint, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stinted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stinting}.] [OE. stinten, stenten, stunten, to cause to cease, AS. styntan (in comp.) to blunt, dull, fr. stunt dull, stupid; akin to Icel. stytta to shorten, stuttr short, dial, Sw. stynta… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Stint — Sm kleiner Fisch per. Wortschatz ndd. (16. Jh.) Stammwort. Übernommen aus dem Niederdeutschen: Mndd. stint, teilweise in der verhochdeutschten Form Stinz. Wohl zu mhd. stunz kurz, stumpf , ae. stunt einfältig, dumm , anord. stuttr kurz .… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
stint — [n] period of responsibility assignment, bit, chore, consignment, duty, job, participation, quota, share, shift, spell, stretch, task, term, time, tour, turn, work; concepts 362,807,822 stint [v] economize; hold back be frugal, begrudge, be… … New thesaurus
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