Definition of Austerity
a state of reduced spending that causes people to live without luxuries
Examples of Austerity in a sentence
During a time of austerity, the government shut down all spending except for fundamental services. 🔊
Because he had grown up in a state of austerity, the impoverished child did not know what it was like to have excess. 🔊
The great famine was a time of austerity for most families since few could afford to each much less spend on extras. 🔊
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