noun
- a thin cord or string used to fasten a shoe
- a very small amount of money
Usage: informal
adjective
- operating with very little money or resources
Examples
- My shoestring broke just as I was leaving for work.
- She tied her shoestrings in a double knot.
- The startup was running on a shoestring budget.
- They managed to produce the film on a shoestring.
- The shoestring operation somehow turned a profit.
- He started his business with just a shoestring.
- The theater company operates on a shoestring.