Limited

• Was ungenerous
• Acted like a cheapskate
• Became miserly
• Was tightfisted
• Cut corners
• Wasn't liberal
• Pinched pennies

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
(context dated English) constrained; restrained; confined. v (en-past of: stint )

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stint \Stint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stinted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Stinting .] [OE. stinten, stenten, stunten, to cause to cease, AS. styntan (in comp.) to blunt, dull, fr. stunt dull, stupid; akin to Icel. stytta to shorten, stuttr short, dial, Sw. stynta to ...