belt-tightening vs chary

belt-tightening

adj
  • Causing or involving a reduction in expenditure. 

noun
  • A reduction in expenditure, often as a result of financial restrictions. 

chary

adj
  • Not disposed to give freely; not lavish; frugal, sparing. 

  • Careful, cautious, shy, wary. 

  • Excessively particular or fussy about details; fastidious. 

adv
  • Synonym of charily: carefully, cautiously, warily. 

How often have the words belt-tightening and chary occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )