spending freeze
No new expenditures
A spending freeze is a temporary halt on new expenditures, typically imposed by governments or organizations facing budget constraints.
The freeze suspends or limits new hiring, purchases, or program funding while allowing existing commitments to continue: The governor announced a spending freeze until revenue projections improve.
In personal finance, a spending freeze means deliberately stopping discretionary purchases for a set period.
- budgetPlan for spending
- budget cutsPlanned spending reductions
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- cutbackPlanned reduction in spending
- cost cuttingReducing expenditures deliberately
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- frugalityfrugality, thrift, frugal, penny-pinching, economize
- reducingshrinking, lessening, diminishing, decreasing, cutting back
- budget limitsbudget cap, budget cut, budget cuts, tight budget, budget shortfall
- budget termsbudget, deficit, surplus, revenue, expenditure
- fiscal policybudget deficit, national budget, budget surplus, budget deficits, federal budget
- fiscal oversightbudget oversight, fiscal discipline, financial oversight, budget constraints, debt limits
spending freezespending spree
Bout of extravagant purchasing
stimulus spending · fiscal stimulus · economic stimulus · stimulus package · deficit spending
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