| stretch | 2. extend enough to cover o’s needs etc, berhemat dgn: we shall just have to ~ our budget to cover the expense, kita harus berhemat dgn belanjawan kita utk menampung perbelanjaan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| scrimp | vi berjimat, berhemat: he ~ed and saved for years to buy a house, dia berjimat dan menyimpan wang selama beberapa tahun utk membeli rumah. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| economize, economise | vi berjimat, bercermat, berhemat, berekonomi: now that he’s out of work, he will have to ~, oleh sebab dia tdk mempunyai pekerjaan sekarang, perlulah dia berjimat; | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |