on a small/tight/shoestring budget
idiom
: involving a relatively small amount of money for planned spending
She started her business on a small/tight/shoestring budget and could not afford to overspend.
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The food division of the Food and Drug Administration, an agency within HHS, already operates on a tight budget.
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Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 13 Feb. 2025
It was filmed in Los Angeles at several dozen locations in less than month on a shoestring budget.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2025
Yet for beginning drivers from L.A. and Orange County, who are struggling to race on a shoestring budget, that track might just as well be on another planet.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
The movie was shot, ironically, in Budapest, with the surrounding countryside standing in for Pennsylvania, on a tight budget of under $10 million.
—Wendell Steavenson, Vogue, 5 Jan. 2025
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Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 13 Feb. 2025
It was filmed in Los Angeles at several dozen locations in less than month on a shoestring budget.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2025
Yet for beginning drivers from L.A. and Orange County, who are struggling to race on a shoestring budget, that track might just as well be on another planet.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
The movie was shot, ironically, in Budapest, with the surrounding countryside standing in for Pennsylvania, on a tight budget of under $10 million.
—Wendell Steavenson, Vogue, 5 Jan. 2025
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“On a small/tight/shoestring budget.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20a%20small%2Ftight%2Fshoestring%20budget. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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