Belt-tightening
a curtailment in spending; period of economizing:
The mayor ordered a belt-tightening for all city offices.
Contemporary Examples
The Future of Fashion Week Renata Espinosa September 18, 2009
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having or made with a belt: a belted dress. wearing or girded with a belt, especially as a mark of distinction: the belted lords and emissaries. marked with a band of color different from that of the rest of the body: a belted cow. a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling […]