belt-tightenings
Financial cutback measures
Belt-tightenings are instances of reducing spending or cutting back on expenses, typically in response to financial difficulty.
The image is of cinching a belt tighter when one has less to eat: The company announced another round of belt-tightenings after the quarterly losses.
The singular belt-tightening is more common and often functions as an adjective: belt-tightening measures.
Economical resource management
- cutbacksReductions in spending
- retrenchmentReduction of expenditures
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
- restraintControl over impulses
rationing · streamlining · cost-cutting · economizing · budget cuts · spending cuts · fiscal discipline · penny-pinching
Careful use of resources
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
- economizingReducing expenditures deliberately
- stockpilingAccumulating supplies in quantity
savings · reserve · foresight · preparation · prudence · nest egg · rainy day fund · household budget
Economic decline period
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
- layoffsMass job eliminations
- contractionReduction in size
- slowdownReduction in pace
crisis · deflation · stagflation · bankruptcy · foreclosure · credit crunch · bailout · insolvency
frugality
Economical resource management
- cutbacksReductions in spending
- retrenchmentReduction of expenditures
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
restraint · rationing · streamlining · cost-cutting · economizing · budget cuts · spending cuts · fiscal discipline · penny-pinching · scrimping
thrift
Careful use of resources
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
- economizingReducing expenditures deliberately
stockpiling · savings · reserve · foresight · preparation · prudence · nest egg · rainy day fund · household budget · financial planning
downturn
Economic decline period
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
- layoffsMass job eliminations
- contractionReduction in size
slowdown · crisis · deflation · stagflation · bankruptcy · foreclosure · credit crunch · bailout · insolvency · depression
belt-tighteningssplurges
Spends lavishly on treats
spending sprees · extravagances · indulgences · profligacy · overspending
belt-tighteningsstimulus spending
Government outlays boosting demand
expansions · economic expansion · fiscal stimulus · economic booms · opening the floodgates
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