OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 35431

austerity

/ɔˈstɛɹɪti/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
austeridad
Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.
The most rigid and noted of the English ladies resident in the French capital acknowledged and countenanced her; the virtuous Lady Elderbury, the severe Lady Rockminster, the vener…
austeridad
A policy of deficit-cutting, which by definition requires lower spending, higher taxes, or both.
He said France clearly wanted to "close one page and open another". He reiterated his opposition to austerity alone as the only way out of Europe's crisis: "My final duty, and I kn…
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