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1 mégoter
➭ TABLE 1 intransitive verb* * *meɡɔte vi* * *[megɔte] verbe intransitifmégoter sur to skimp ou to scrimp on -
2 privation
privation [pʀivasjɔ̃]feminine nouna. ( = suppression) deprivationb. privations ( = sacrifices) privation* * *pʀivasjɔ̃1) ( suppression) (de droit, liberté) deprivation; ( de salaire) suspension2) ( manque) want, privation sout* * *privation nf2 ( manque) want, privation sout; souffrir de privations to suffer want; mener une vie or vivre de privations to live a life of privation; s'imposer des privations to make sacrifices; économiser à force or au prix de dures privations to scrimp and save.privation des droits civiques Jur forfeiture of civil rights.[privasjɔ̃] nom fémininprivation des droits civiques loss ou deprivation of civil rights————————privations nom féminin plurielà force de privations through constant sacrifice, by constantly doing without -
3 sou
sou [su]masculine noun• c'est une affaire or une histoire de gros sous there's big money involved► de or à quatre sous cheap* * *sunom masculin1) ( petite monnaie) penny GB, cent USéconomiser sou par or à sou — to scrimp and save
2) ( petite quantité)••* * *su nmJe n'ai pas un sou sur moi. — I haven't got a penny on me.
pas un sou de bon sens — not an ounce of common sense, not a scrap of common sense
* * *sou nm1 fig ( petite monnaie) penny GB, cent US; ça ne m'a pas coûté un sou it didn't cost me a penny; je ne veux pas payer un sou de plus I don't want to pay a penny more; cette affaire ne rapporte pas un sou this business doesn't make a penny; il est arrivé/reparti sans le or un sou he arrived/left without a penny; je n'ai pas le premier sou I haven't got a single penny GB ou a red cent US; je n'ai pas un sou I haven't got two pennies to rub together GB, I'm broke○; être sans le sou to be penniless; un touriste sans le sou a penniless tourist; économiser sou par or à sou to scrimp and save; il est près de ses sous he's a penny-pincher; c'est une affaire de gros sous there's big money involved; un manteau de quatre sous a cheap coat; ⇒ vaillant;2 fig ( petite quantité) il n'a pas un sou or deux sous de bon sens/talent he hasn't got a scrap of common sense/talent; il n'a pas un sou de méchanceté he hasn't got a hint of malice in him;4 Can ( centième de dollar) cent;5 Helv ( cinq centimes suisses) five Swiss centimes.un sou est un sou every penny counts; être propre comme un sou neuf to be clean as a new pin○; s'embêter○ or s'ennuyer à cent sous de l'heure to be bored to death.[su] nom masculin[5 centimes] five centimeséconomiser sou à ou par sou to save every spare penny3. (locution)sous nom masculin pluriel(familier) [argent] cashdes sous, toujours des sous! money for this, money for that!c'est une affaire ou une histoire de gros sous there's a lot of cash involved -
4 économies
n. f. pl. Faire des économies de bout de chandelle: To scrimp and save in pointless ways.
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scrimp´i|ly — scrimp|y «SKRIHM pee», adjective, scrimp|i|er, scrimp|i|est. too small; too little; scanty; meager. –scrimp´i|ly, adverb. –scri … Useful english dictionary
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Scrimp — Scrimp, a. Short; scanty; curtailed. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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scrimp — scrimp·tion; scrimp; … English syllables
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