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belt-tightening
belt-tightening
(noun)
synonyms
saving
discount
retrenchment
austerity
abatement
reduction
recession
remission
deflation
decrease
price cut
diminution
allowance
markdown
credit
penny-pinching
net
axe
falloff
depreciation
cutback
debasement
abbreviation
downgrade
sale
cut
diminishing
abridgment
slash
relief
rebate
dip
lessening
slowdown
layoff
devaluation
dehancement
contraction
provision
downgrading
decline
diminishment
depression
exemption
thrift
rundown
minimization
nosedive
economy
pullback
restriction
limitation
curtailment
depletion
elimination
thriftiness
impairment
reducer
deduction
transaction
drop
mitigation
fall
slowing
nest egg
income
release
lowering
clearance
chop
downsizing
return
shrinkage
depravation
constraint
spare
plummet
defect
prudence
withdrawal
extenuation
exclusion
rescission
vitiation
rest
loosening
removal
cheap
reprieve
termination
suspension
decrement
rescinding
sapping
consumption
obliteration
truncation
husbandry
degradation
frugality
discharge
undoing
abolition
subtraction
simplification
dismissal
abstraction
declension
deletion
easing
cropping
rationalization
bargain
division
relaxation
palliation
apportionment
repeal
waning
abrogation
suppression
dislocation
deadening
concentration
reversal
diversion
cessation
revocation
save
parting
deferment
interruption
pause
deterrence
but
regulation
quelling
shrinking
resolution
allayment
condensation
inhibition
invalidation
distillation
belt-tightening
definitions
noun
A reduction in expenditure, often as a result of financial restrictions.
noun
adj