stretch money



stretch one's money

 and make one's money stretch
Fig. to economize so that one's money lasts longer. We have to stretch our money in order to be able to buy groceries at the end of the month.
See also: money, stretch

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Lileas-Scottish
Gadar-Armenian
Emerens-Dutch
CelsoCHEL-so (Italian), THEL-so (Spanish), SEL-so (Latin American Spanish)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
LŪCija-Latvian
Furaha-Eastern African, Swahili