| thrifty | adj berjimat cermat: a ~ housewife, suri rumah yg berjimat cermat. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| thriftiness | n (sifat) berjimat cermat. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| retrench | vi ( fml) berjimat(-cermat), berhemat: we must ~ because of the recession, kita mesti berjimat krn kemelesetan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| belt | be below the ~, a. (boxing) pukul curi; b. unfair, tdk adil; hit so. below the ~, a. (boxing) memukul curi sso; b. attack so. unfairly, mencela sso: his ex-wife’s remarks seemed to be hitting him below the ~, komen bekas isterinya seolah-olah mencelanya; tighten o’s ~, berjimat cermat, berhemat-hemat; (of person) mengikat perut: in these hard times, many companies are forced to tighten their ~s, semasa susah begini, beberapa banyak syarikat terpaksa berjimat cermat; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| purse-strings | n; hold the ~, menjaga perbelanjaan, memegang duit: she cannot make any decision because she doesn’t hold the ~, dia tdk dapat membuat sebarang keputusan krn bukan dia yg menjaga perbelanjaan; loosen the ~, berbelanja lebih; tighten the ~, mengurangkan belanja, berjimat cermat. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| drive | n 1. trip, journey in vehicle, perjalanan dgn + approp n: a two-hour ~ to Tanjung Malim, perjalanan dgn kereta selama dua jam ke Tanjung Malim; 2. see DRIVEWAY; 3. organized effort, kempen: austerity ~, kempen berjimat cermat; 4. (sport) pukul deras; backhand ~, pukul kilas; 5. push, dorongan: he is able but he lacks ~, dia berkebolehan tetapi kurang dorongan; 6. inner urge, desakan: the sex ~, desakan jantina; 7. means by which motion is transmitted, pemacu: belt ~, pemacu tali sawat; front-wheel ~, pemacu roda depan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| horn | on the ~s of a dilemma, berada dlm /dilema, keadaan serba salah/; /pull, draw/ in o’s ~, a. restrain anger, zeal, etc, membendung + approp n: as there were many people present, he had to draw in his ~s, disebabkan ramai orang yg hadir, dia terpaksa membendung kemarahannya; b. economize, berjimat cermat; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| practise | vt 1. repeat, train to gain skill, a. (foll by n) berlatih + approp v: the children ~d their French on the servant, budak-budak itu berlatih bercakap bahasa Perancis dgn orang gaji; b. (foll by v) berlatih: ~ throwing the javelin, berlatih melontar lembing; 2. perform(st) habitually, mengamalkan: ~ economy, mengamalkan sikap berjimat cermat; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| economy | n 1. (system for the) management of resources, ekonomi: inflation would have adverse effects on the country’s ~, inflasi akan mendatangkan kesan-kesan buruk thdp ekonomi negara; agricultural ~, ekonomi pertanian; 2. avoidance of waste, cermat, hemat, jimat: the household is run with considerable ~, rumah itu diurus dgn begitu cermat; practise ~, berjimat, bercermat, berhemat; 3. instance of avoiding waste, berjimat, bercermat, berhemat: buying cheap cloth is a false ~, membeli kain murah bukan sebenarnya berjimat; with some small economies, you should be able to save more money, dgn berjimat sedikit-sedikit kamu dapat menyimpan lebih banyak wang; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| frugal | adj 1. thrifty, economical, (ber)jimat(-cermat), (ber)hemat: a ~ housewife, suri rumah yg jimat; he led a very ~ life, dia hidup berjimat; 2. not costly, tdk mahal: a ~ meal, makanan tdk mahal. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |