a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit

[ Syn: stringency ]

a tight feeling in some part of the body; he felt a constriction in her chest; she felt an alarming tightness in her chest; emotion caused a constriction of his throat

[ Syn: constriction ]

the spatial property of being crowded together

[ Syn: concentration , density , denseness , compactness ]

extreme stinginess

[ Syn: meanness , minginess , niggardliness , niggardness , parsimony , parsimoniousness , tightfistedness , closeness ]

lack of movement or room for movement

[ Syn: tautness ]