budget crunch

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• budget crunch — Go to budget squeeze …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• crunch — I UK [krʌntʃ] / US verb Word forms crunch : present tense I/you/we/they crunch he/she/it crunches present participle crunching past tense crunched past participle crunched 1) [intransitive/transitive] to bite hard food, causing it to make a loud… …   English dictionary

• crunch — crunch1 [ krʌntʃ ] verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive to bite hard food, causing it to make a loud noise: Jane was crunching a peppermint noisily. 2. ) intransitive to make a noise like something being crushed: Leaves crunched under our feet as …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• budget squeeze — AND budget crunch n. a ituation where there is not enough money in the budget. □ Facing another budget squeeze, the legislators were forced to put off their pay increase. □ The budget crunch hasn’t begun to affect us yet …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• crunch — crunchable, adj. /krunch/, v.t. 1. to crush with the teeth; chew with a crushing noise. 2. to crush or grind noisily. 3. to tighten or squeeze financially: The administration s policy seems to crunch the economy in order to combat inflation. v.i …   Universalium

• crunch — n. a crisis; a time of pressure or tightness, especially of a budget. □ We seem to be in a crunch of one kind or another all the time. □ The budget crunch meant that we couldn’t take trips to Europe anymore …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• crunch — [[t]krʌntʃ[/t]] v. t. 1) to chew with a sharp crushing noise 2) to crush or grind noisily 3) cvb to condense: Crunch the first page into one paragraph[/ex] 4) bus to squeeze financially 5) cmp to manipulate or process (numbers or data)… …   From formal English to slang

• crunch — crunch1 [krʌntʃ] n 1.) [singular] a noise like the sound of something being crushed ▪ The only sound was the crunch of tyres on gravel. 2.) [C, singular] AmE a difficult situation caused by a lack of something, especially money or time ▪ Three… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• NASA Budget — Infobox NASA name= National Aeronautics and Space Administration caption= NASA Insignia established= July 29, 1958 (by the National Aeronautics and Space Act) administrator= Michael D. Griffin budget= $17.3 billion (FY 2008)… …   Wikipedia

• Credit crunch — For information about the late 2000s credit crisis, see Financial crisis of 2007–2010. For the credit crunch used in closing credits, see Closing credits#Marginalization for television promotion. A credit crunch (also known as a credit squeeze or …   Wikipedia

• Christopher Cox — For other people named Chris Cox, see Chris Cox (disambiguation). Christopher Cox 28th Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission In office August 3, 2005 – January 20, 2009 Presi …   Wikipedia