cut one's cloth to suit one's purse
strapped for money
strapped for cash
cash-starved
undersave
underspend
underlive
oofless
low water
undermargin
inexpensively
cheaply
underbudget
in the bucket
save
underweight
dwindle
impecunity
tight-assed
tighten one's belt
pennies on the dollar
make do
drop away
hand to mouth
lessen
penny-pinch
curtailment
nickel-and-dime
downsizing
cheapen
retrenchment
scrimy
weakness
cash-strapped
talk down
underprovision
cut one's coat according to one's cloth
degrade
underearn
cheapness
poormouth
depress
penny-wise
tighten
underindulge
lowen
wealthless
sell down
spare
spare change
poor
underbound
pauce
penny-pinching
the fewer the better fare
pov
economical
underpay
obolary
cheapass
put down
underly
third-rate
downshift
underdo
weak
income support
soften up
impoverished
depreciate
underseek
shoestring
tight-fisted
on a shoestring
penniless
cheapie
shoe string
reduce
underbuy
low-risk
savingly
underresourced
impoverish
false economy
whore
have-a-little
shrinking
poverty line
underearner
risk-averse
dollarless
penurious
mad money
tide over