to restrict (somebody, esp oneself) to a small share or allowance
Had he been wise he would have … stinted himself to one bottle at a meal — Macaulay
to be sparing with (a commodity)
She stinted neither time nor effort in the search for a cure
(often + on) to be sparing or frugal
They never stinted on entertaining
stinter noun
[Middle English stinten to stop, from Old English styntan to blunt, dull]