quarta-feira, 30 de janeiro de 2013

Word of the day: Stint


Stint: limite, limitação, restrição, economia, quantidade ou quantia guardada, tarefa com prazo limitado, restringir, limitar, economizar, racionar, poupar

Synonyms: hitch, circumscription, confinement, limitation, rein, tenure, tour, a period of time spent at a particular activity, a definite quantity of work assigned

 “His parents have always supported him without stint, no matter what interests he has chosen to pursue.”
“They stinted neither trouble nor money”(não pouparam nem esforços nem dinheiro.)

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