Palavra Inglês Avançada do Dia

austerity

Definições

inglês > português

austerity

1. austeridade

inglês > inglês

austerity

1. n. Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.

2. n. Freedom from adornment; plainness; severe simplicity.

3. n. (economics) A policy of deficit-cutting, which by definition requires lower spending, higher taxes, or both.

4. n. (obsolete) Sourness and harshness to the taste.

No doubt the companionship was also a welcome intrusion into a life of isolation and austerity.

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