Usually means: Reducing expenses during economic hardship.
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  1. belt-tightening: Merriam-Webster
  2. belt-tightening: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. belt-tightening: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Belt-tightening, belt-tightening: Wordnik
  5. belt-tightening: Wiktionary
  6. belt-tightening: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. belt-tightening: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. belt-tightening: Dictionary.com
  9. belt-tightening: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (belt-tightening)

noun:  (informal) A reduction in expenditure, often as a result of financial restrictions.
adjective:  (informal) Causing or involving a reduction in expenditure.

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