spending restraint

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• restraint — re‧straint [rɪˈstreɪnt] noun [countable, uncountable] a rule or principle limiting what countries, companies etc can sell, advertise, buy etc: • Beijing promised to ease import restraints and buy more U.S. products. • The regulations were ruled… …   Financial and business terms

• restraint — noun 1 limit/control on sth ADJECTIVE ▪ voluntary ▪ agreements on voluntary export restraints ▪ conventional ▪ What happens when the conventional restraints on human cruelty are removed? ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• restraint */ — UK [rɪˈstreɪnt] / US noun Word forms restraint : singular restraint plural restraints 1) [uncountable] the limit or control of the expression of strong emotion or opinion The President sent a letter to both nations urging restraint. 2)… …   English dictionary

• restraint — re|straint [rıˈstreınt] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: restreinte, from restreindre; RESTRAIN] 1.) [U] calm sensible controlled behaviour, especially in a situation when it is difficult to stay calm ▪ The police were praised for their… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• restraint — re|straint [ rı streınt ] noun * 1. ) uncount the limit or control of the expression of strong emotion or opinion: The President sent a letter to both nations urging restraint. 2. ) count an act of limiting or controlling something, or a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• restraint — noun 1 (U) the ability not to do something that you very much want to do, because you know it is more sensible not to do it: The police were commended for their restraint in handling the disturbances. | show/exercise restraint: I think he showed… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… …   Universalium

• Financial Crisis of 2008 — ▪ 2009 Introduction by Joel Havemann       In 2008 the world economy faced its most dangerous crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. The contagion, which began in 2007 when sky high home prices in the United States finally turned… …   Universalium

• frugal fatigue — n. Mental exhaustion caused by constant frugality during hard economic times. Also: frugality fatigue. Example Citations: t seems that after a year of watching our wallets, bank accounts, and 401(k) plans with the tenacity of a wheelchair bound… …   New words

• Bubbonics — (buh.BAWN.iks) n. The speech patterns of the U.S. south. Example Citation: The North Georgia representative, a tall, broad shouldered man who speaks in a slow, Southern drawl he jokingly calls Bubbonics, is preaching spending restraint as he… …   New words

• Canadian Taxpayers Federation — The Canadian Taxpayers Federation or CTF, is a Canadian non governmental organization that critiques and monitors spending by the federal provincial and local governments. The CTF is a federally incorporated, non profit and non partisan… …   Wikipedia