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straitened circumstances en · NOUN
Meanings
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(plural, plural-only) Reduced (financial) circumstances; poverty, austerity.
The throne speech’s relative timidity is a reflection of the government’s straitened financial circumstances.
1982 December 11, Frances Russell, “Economic performance buoys Pawley’s position”, in The Vancouver Sun (The Weekend Sun), Vancouver, BC, page A6:They had been living in straitened circumstances after John was made redundant.
Coordinates
straitened times