Definition of "scrimped" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of scrimp. (verb)

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• "So BP also scrimped on these costs -- even going so far as to threaten workers with job termination if they wore respirators."
• "Words are cheap and cleanup equipment is not, so the oil industry invested heavily in toxic chemical dispersants that conveniently sink oil -- out of sight, out of mind, and it scrimped and bought only the cheapest brands of booms, skimmers, and absorbent material -- and in nowhere near the quantity needed for a large mess."
• "Giovanni, a nurse from Italy, also scrimped and saved for a year and found the courage to travel alone for the first time to the United States to visit people she has never met!"