1) Act frugally 2) Act niggardly 3) Be extremely frugal 4) Be frugal 5) Be overly frugal 6) Be sparing 7) Be sparing and frugal 8) Be thrifty 9) Count every penny 10) Count the pennies 11) Cut back financially 12) Cut corners 13) Demonstrate parsimony 14) Economize 15) Economize severely 16) Emulate a miser 1) Eke 
• (v. t.) To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat. • (a.) Short; scanty; curtailed. • (n.) A pinching miser; a niggard.
Scrimp adjective Short; scanty; curtailed. Scrimp noun A pinching miser; a niggard. [ U.S.] Scrimp transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Scrimped (?; 215); present participle & verbal noun Scrimping .] [ Confer Danish skrumpe , German schrumpfen , Dutch krimpen . Confer Shrimp , Shrink
[v] - scratch and scrimp