- tight money
- {n. phr.} The opposite of inflation, when money is hard to borrow from the banks. * /The government decided that tight money is the way to bring down inflation./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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tight money — When a restricted money supply makes credit difficult to secure. The antithesis of tight money is easy money. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * tight money UK US noun [U] ECONOMICS, FINANCE ► DEAR MONEY(Cf. ↑dear money) … Financial and business terms
Tight Money — A situation in which money or loans are very difficult to obtain in a given country. If you do have the opportunity to secure a loan, then interest rates are usually extremely high. Also known as dear money . When there are tight money conditions … Investment dictionary
tight money — n. money that is hard to get. □ This is tight money. Go easy on it. It’s hard to get. □ In these days of tight money, no new expenditures will be approved … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
tight money — {n. phr.} The opposite of inflation, when money is hard to borrow from the banks. * /The government decided that tight money is the way to bring down inflation./ … Dictionary of American idioms
tight\ money — n. phr. the opposite of inflation, when money is hard to borrow from the banks. The government decided that tight money is the way to bring down inflation … Словарь американских идиом
tight money policy — UK US noun [C] ECONOMICS, FINANCE, GOVERNMENT ► TIGHT MONETARY POLICY(Cf. ↑tight monetary policy) … Financial and business terms
tight money — noun A monetary policy that makes money, credit, or both readily available to some borrowers. Ant: easy money … Wiktionary
tight money — noun Finance money or finance that is available only at high rates of interest … English new terms dictionary
tight money — See dear money … Big dictionary of business and management
tight money — When the money supply is constrained, resulting in higher interest rates … American business jargon
