Definition of 'belt-tightening'
noun
1.
a reduction of expenditures; economizing
adjective
2.
of or involving the reduction of expenditures
belt-tightening measures
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Example sentences containing 'belt-tightening'
MPs know that there is a risk of public anger if voters think they are cashing in at a time of national belt-tightening.
Times, Sunday Times (2011) Times, Sunday Times (2008)In a time a belt-tightening, it should be abolished.
The Sun (2010)And send out the message that in these belt-tightening times, there is no such thing as a free ride.
The Sun (2010) The Sun (2010)It was perhaps an odd year to be a nominee because of the belt-tightening caused by the writers' strike at this normally glitzy celebration.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)Source
Definition of belt-tightening from the
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