stint

(noun): A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell.
(noun): Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
(noun): Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
(verb): To stop (an action); cease, desist.
(verb): To stop speaking or talking (of a subject).
(verb): To be sparing or mean.
(verb): To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to restrict to a scant allowance.
(verb): To assign a certain task to (a person), upon the performance of which he/she is excused from further labour for that day or period; to stent.
(verb): (of mares) To impregnate successfully; to get with foal.