belt-tightening vs closefisted

belt-tightening

adj
  • Causing or involving a reduction in expenditure. 

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

closefisted

adj
  • Unwilling to spend money; stingy 

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