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belt-tightening
[ belt-tahyt-n-ing ]
noun
- a curtailment in spending; period of economizing:
The mayor ordered a belt-tightening for all city offices.
yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of belt-tightening1
Example Sentences
The belt-tightening plan, effective immediately, comes just months after an internal financial planning task force said in November that USCâs $158-million budget deficit required various âcost containment measures.â
Prellerâs freewheeling ways or continued belt-tightening remains to be seen.
Otherwise, the franchise that seemed to be hot on the heels of the Dodgers apparently has been distracted by ownership squabbles and belt-tightening.
It was the only category to see a decline from last yearâs game, reflecting belt-tightening by entertainment companies.
There was the 1997 Asian financial crisis, a period of such belt-tightening that South Koreans were ordered to donate their gold to the government and had no disposable income to spend on rides or concessions.
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