<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) to be frugal; get along on a scanty allowance: Don't stint on the food. They stinted for years in order to save money.</li><li>Archaic: to cease action; desist.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a period of time spent doing something: a two-year stint in the army.</li><li>an allotted amount or piece of work: to do one's daily stint.</li><li>limitation or restriction, especially as to amount: to give without stint.</li><li>a limited, prescribed, or expected quantity, share, rate, etc.: to exceed one's stint.</li><li>Obsolete: a pause; halt.</li></ul>