stint

A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell.

"He had a stint in jail."

Limit; bound; restraint; extent.

Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.

To stop (an action); cease, desist.

To stop speaking or talking (of a subject).

To be sparing or mean.

"The next party you throw, don't stint on the beer."

To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to restrict to a scant allowance.

Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling.