tight budgets
- frugalSparing with resources
- penny-pinchingExtreme reluctance to spend
- shoestringCord for footwear
- constraintsLimits on action
- cutbacksReductions in spending
austerity · scraping · stretching · lean · thrifty · scrimping · savings · sacrifice · prioritizing · economizing · belt-tightening · paycheck · bills · debt · overdraft · coupons · ramen · necessities
financial constraint
tight budgetsdeep pockets
Considerable financial reserves
blank checks · money to burn · discretionary spending · slush funds
fiscal philosophy
tight budgetsfree spending
spending sprees · deficit spending · fiscal stimulus · largesse