stint.

1. A period of time spent doing a particular job or activity, usually limited or temporary.

2. To restrict or give only a limited amount of something, often with “on” or “with.”

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Words that belong together

• brief stint
• a stint as
• complete a stint
• stint on supplies
• stint on praise
• not stint on effort

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After a brief stint as a night porter, he refused to enter the hotel again.

He never stinted on the oil when the lamps were going out.

Usage notes

As a noun, it names a bounded period of work or activity; the verb means to limit what is given or used. Sense 2: The verb often appears in negative constructions such as “does not stint on.”