0 a reduction in spending by consumers, businesses, governments, etc., usually because they have financial problems: --
1 involving a reduction in spending: --
The government has recommended a series of belt-tightening reforms.
Over the past twenty years, Germany and Italy have taken belt-tightening measures that have helped improve their economies.
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
We kunnen het stap voor stap voltooien, hoe lang de weg ook is en het kan niet worden voltooid, hoe kort de weg ook is, als je niet eens je voetafdruk markeert.