English-Danish translations for austerity

• stramhed
  Bankerne ansvarlige for at måle finansiel stramhed! Banks responsible for measuring austerity!
  Hr. formand, hvis vi definerede 1997-budgettet som præget af stramhed, kunne vi definere 1998-budgettet som præget af enighed, hermed ikke være ment at det ikke er stramt. Mr President, if the 1997 budget was known as the budget of austerity, then the 1998 budget, while still austere, could be termed the budget of consensus.
• strænghed

Definition of austerity

• Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline
• A policy of deficit-cutting, which by definition requires lower spending, higher taxes, or both
• Sourness and harshness to the taste

Related words

• antiausterity
• austerity package
• austerity policy
• austerity measure