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    stint
    /stɪnt/

    verb

    • 1. supply a very ungenerous or inadequate amount of (something): "stowage room hasn't been stinted"

    noun

    • 1. a person's fixed or allotted period of work: "his varied career included a stint as a magician"
    • 2. limitation of supply or effort: "a collector with an eye for quality and the means to indulge it without stint"

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  3. Stint can be a noun meaning a fixed or limited period of time spent doing something, or a verb meaning to provide, take, or use only a small amount of something. Learn how to use stint in different contexts and languages with Cambridge Dictionary.

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  7. Stint can be a noun meaning a fixed or limited period of time spent doing something, or a verb meaning to provide, take, or use only a small amount of something. Learn how to use stint in different contexts and languages with Cambridge Dictionary.

  8. The noun stint means a set amount of time in which you do something — often work of some sort. "She served a stint in the army, followed by a stint in an office setting, before settling on a career as a lounge singer." Unlike a project or vocation, a stint can refer to the stretch of time spent doing a particular job. You apply for a job, but ...

  9. noun. /stɪnt/ (+ adv./prep.) a period of time that you spend working somewhere or doing a particular activity. He did a stint abroad early in his career. He hated his two-year stint in the Navy. I’ve done my stint in the kitchen for today. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.