straitened circumstances

English

Noun

straitened circumstances pl (plural only)

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

Coordinate terms

straitened times

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