stringencies
Tight financial constraints
Stringencies is the plural of stringency, referring to instances or types of strictness, severity, or tightness.
The word often appears in contexts of financial constraint or regulatory rigor: budget stringencies forced layoffs, the stringencies of wartime rationing.
It can also describe harsh conditions more broadly: the stringencies of prison life.
Unsparing quality or manner
- sternnessUncompromising strictness of manner
- toughnessResilient durability under strain
- inflexibilityQuality of being unbending
- exigencyPressing necessity or demand
hardship · pressure · intensity · punitive measures · zero tolerance
Planned spending reductions
- cutbacksReductions in spending
- frugalityEconomical resource management
- belt-tighteningReducing expenditures deliberately
- fiscal restraintControlled government spending
deficit reduction · spending limits · financial constraints · fiscal discipline · austerity measures
Accuracy of measurement
- exactnessCorrectness in every detail
- meticulousnessExtreme carefulness in details
- thoroughnessAttention to every detail
- scrupulousnessCareful moral precision
Limits imposed by law
- code enforcementMunicipal standards oversight
- statutory requirementsObligations codified in legislation
- licensing requirementsMandated qualifications for permits
- environmental regulationsLaws controlling pollution, emissions
harshness
Unsparing quality or manner
- sternnessUncompromising strictness of manner
- toughnessResilient durability under strain
- inflexibilityQuality of being unbending
exigency · hardship · pressure · intensity · punitive measures · zero tolerance
budget cuts
Planned spending reductions
- cutbacksReductions in spending
- frugalityEconomical resource management
- belt-tighteningReducing expenditures deliberately
fiscal restraint · deficit reduction · spending limits · financial constraints · fiscal discipline · austerity measures
precision
Accuracy of measurement
- exactnessCorrectness in every detail
- meticulousnessExtreme carefulness in details
- thoroughnessAttention to every detail
scrupulousness · punctiliousness · quality controls · compliance checks
legal restrictions
Limits imposed by law
- code enforcementMunicipal standards oversight
- statutory requirementsObligations codified in legislation
- licensing requirementsMandated qualifications for permits
environmental regulations · export restrictions · trade barriers
stringenciesflexibilities
Capacities to bend or adjust
leniences · looseness · indulgences · leniency · flexibility
stringenciesabundances
States of plentifulness
plenty · surpluses · affluence · prosperity · lavishness
stringent, astringent, stringency, stringently, astringency, astringents