shoestring
adjective/ˈʃuːstrɪŋ/
/ˈʃuːstrɪŋ/
[only before noun] (informal)- that uses very little money
- The club exists on a shoestring budget.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryShoestring is used with these nouns:- budget
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