1) Act the pinchpenny 2) Allow too little 3) Be cheap 4) Be frugal 5) Be niggardly 6) Be stingy 7) Be stingy with 8) Be too frugal 9) Be ultra-economical 10) Be very thrifty 11) Cut back 12) Cut back a lot 13) Cut corners 14) Cut corners financially 15) Do a quickie job 16) Do by halves 17) Economize 1) Cut corners 2) Scrimp 
• (v. i.) To save; to be parsimonious or niggardly. • (v. t.) To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp. • (v. t.) To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp. • (a.) Scanty.
Skimp adjective Scanty. [ Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] Skimp intransitive verb To save; to be parsimonious or niggardly. [ Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] Skimp transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Skimped ; present participle & verbal noun Skimping .] [ Confer Skinch , Scamp , transitive verb ] 1. To slight; to do carelessly; to sca...
[v] - work hastily or carelessly
verb supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; `sting with the allowance`