Tighten vs Restriction - What's the difference?
tighten | restriction |
To make tighter.
* Fawkes
To become tighter.
(economics) To make money harder to borrow or obtain.
(economics) To raise short-term interest rates.
The act of restricting, or the state of being restricted.
A regulation or limitation that restricts.
As a verb tighten
is to make tighter.As a noun restriction is
the act of restricting, or the state of being restricted.tighten
English
Verb
(en verb)- Please tighten that screw a quarter-turn.
- Just where I please, with tightened rein / I'll urge thee round the dusty plain.
- That joint is tightening as the wood dries.
- If the government doesn't tighten the money supply, inflation is certain to be harsh.
- The Fed is expected to tighten by a quarter-point.
