Definition of belt-tightening

belt-tightening    

noun - uncountable

• an instance of tightening (one's) belt.

  My business isn't doing well, so there's going to be some belt-tightening at home.

                                                                                                                                                                                                            
  
  Citation from "Eyes turn to "value for money" London 2012", Reuters, March 3 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: poor, poor person, homeless person.

  Last edited on Jun 25 2018. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jun 25 2018.

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Other terms relating to 'poor, poor person, homeless person':
gutter punk	Definitions include: a younger punk who is homeless or pretends to be homeless.
gutter whore	Definitions include: a whore - i.e. a promiscuous (usually female) person, or an actual prostitute (usually female) - who is not doing well financially.
strapped for cash	Definitions include: without money, or low on money.
out on (one's) *ss	Definitions include: having been kicked out of one's residence.
trailer park trash	Definitions include: lower class people who live in trailer parks.
skint	Definitions include: without money; "broke".
bag lady	Definitions include: a homeless woman.
to the curb	Definitions include: Broke or without money.
gritter	Definitions include: a person who is of the red-neck, trailer trash, low morals variety.
tapped out	Definitions include: without money.
stig	Definitions include: See chav.
broke d*ck	Definitions include: useless.
on stamps	Definitions include: broke, out of money.
lose (one's) shirt	Definitions include: to lose a lot or all of one's money.
*ss out	Definitions include: in an irreparably bad situation; "out of luck"; "screwed".
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Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'belt':
below the belt	Definitions include: very rude.
belt	Definitions include: to hit.
black belt	Definitions include: a person very skilled in a particular area.
have a black belt in	Definitions include: to be very skilled in a particular area.
notch in (one's) belt	Definitions include: a remarkable achievement, especially in a successive string or tally of casual sexual partners.
Stroke Belt, The	Definitions include: an area of the southern United States where strokes are especially common.
tighten (one's) belt	Definitions include: to reduce expenses.
under (one's) belt	Definitions include: as one of one's prior accomplishments.
Other terms relating to 'tighten':
tighten (one's) belt	Definitions include: to reduce expenses.
tighten the screws on	Definitions include: to restrict.

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