shoestring
24
4.3
- noun
- /ˈʃuːstrɪŋ/
- Informal
:
presupuesto ajustado
- After Forrest's departure, the task force continued to operate on a shoestring budget.
- shoestring budget
- operate on a shoestring
- done on a shoestring
And when you're doing films just with friends, with no money, you don't want a shoestring.
- And when you're doing films just with friends, with no money, you don't want a shoestring.
Examples
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He's been living on a shoestring for a while now, putting away money every year.
Academic text (2012) -
Honestly, that's not something I could choose to do on a shoestring budget.
Blog text (12) -
We operate on a shoestring for the first 6 months.
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How on a very shoestring budget can I move my business and myself to Austin?
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- Made on a shoestring budget and released entirely independent of major studio involvement, the movie was an instant success in the local region.
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We are running this mission on a shoestring; we don't intend to make a profit from this flight.
Fiction book (2001) -
There is, however, the terrific fan-made movie above, which was created on a shoestring budget of only $3,000.
Blog text (24) -
I want a rent-a-techie mentor I can trust and use on a shoestring budget on an as-and-when basis.
Blog text (9) -
"We have eked along for so long on shoestring budgets," says Eleanor Helin of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Academic text (1992) -
They traveled across Europe on a shoestring, staying in hostels and eating cheap meals.
Synonyms
10
2.9
A situation with only a little money to spend
8
7.9
A very small amount of money for something cheap
8
5.6
Doing something with very little money
5
3.9
A small amount of money for a project or event
A very small amount of money or something of little value
A very small amount of money that shows little value
A very small amount of money that has little value
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Compounds
- Jargon
A baseball play where an outfielder runs and grabs a ball very close to the ground
- Specialized
A fungus that makes brown string-like threads underground and kills trees by attacking their roots
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Etymology
Shoestring in the money sense comes from the idea of using only a shoe's string to hold things together, so to do something on a shoestring is to do it with 'very little money'.