tighten the purse strings
loosen the purse strings
spending cut
cost cutting
cut back
expend
cost-saving
downsizing
curtailment
retrenchment
cost saving
salami-slice
belt-tightening
budget cut
saving
hatchet job
high life
extravagance
highlife
lavishness
prodigality
austerity
disinvest
pull the reins in on something
pay out
cash limit
decoct
cut
make away with
mark down
knock down
cheapen
cut down
skinny
tighten one's belt
discretionary spending
economy
expense
sell down
bring down
lower
take down
spendocracy
depreciate
deprioritize
recost
debureaucratize
destock
reduction
lay by
dock
downscale
disinflation
devaluation
divest
straiten
underspend
shorten
supplemental
scale down
drawdown
appendment
save
deflate
devaluate
fiscal conservative
abate
overexpenditure
bliss point
lighten
disbursement
abatement
hold the purse strings
spending
cheap out
run down
outlay
disbursal
neuter
pick up
overutilize
drop off
unfund
absorb
salt away
squander
antispending
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English words for 'To decrease spending or disallow increased spending; to increase control of spending.'

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