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

English words for 'To decrease spending or disallow increased spending; to increase control of spending.'

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