stint – 1. supply a very ungenerous or inadequate amount 2. a period of time spent doing a particular job or activity

(Pronounced stint)

To remember the meaning of stint, use the following mnemonic:

Spread this tint (stint) on the walls as a sample. She gave me a tiny bit to try. It seemed inadequate and would take a very short period of time to spread on the wall.

Examples of stint in a sentence (inadequate amount) 

He doesn't stint on wining and dining.

My wife spent money without stint.

When you make this recipe, don't stint on the butter.

Examples of stint in a sentence (period of time) 

When he was a teenager, he did a stint working at the circus. 

She didn't enjoy her stint at the butchers shop.

Next year she hopes to do a stint in Dubai.