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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
skimp/skɪmp/

▶verb (often skimp on) expend fewer resources on something than are necessary in an attempt to economize.

– origin C18: of unknown origin; cf. scamp2 and scrimp.

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