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–noun, plural -cies.

1.	stringent character or condition: the stringency of poverty.

2.	strictness; closeness; rigor: the stringency of school discipline.

3.	tightness; straitness: stringency in the money market.

[Origin: 1835–45; string(ent) + -ency

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adj.

Imposing rigorous standards of performance; severe: stringent safety measures.
Constricted; tight: operating under a stringent time limit.
Characterized by scarcity of money, credit restrictions, or other financial strain: stringent economic policies.

[Latin stringēns, stringent-, present participle of stringere, to draw tight; see streig- in Indo-European roots.]

strin'gen·cy n., strin'gent·ly adv.

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stringency
noun
1.	a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
2.	conscientious attention to rules and details [syn: strictness]

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ˈstringency1 noun

the quality of being strict

Arabic:	صَرامَه، تَشَدَّد
Chinese (Simplified):	严历
Chinese (Traditional):	嚴厲
Czech:	přísnost
Danish:	strenghed
Dutch:	striktheid
Estonian:	rangus
Finnish:	tiukkuus
French:	rigueur
German:	die Strenge
Greek:	αυστηρότητα
Hungarian:	szigorúság
Icelandic:	harka
Indonesian:	kekerasan
Italian:	rigore

Japanese:	厳重
Korean:	엄격
Latvian:	stingrība; bardzība
Lithuanian:	griežtumas
Norwegian:	strenghet
Polish:	surowość
Portuguese (Brazil):	rigor
Portuguese (Portugal):	rigor
Romanian:	rigoare
Russian:	строгость
Slovak:	prísnosť
Slovenian:	ostrina
Spanish:	rigor, severidad; tirantez
Swedish:	stränghet
Turkish:	sıkılık, sertlik

ˈstringency2 noun

scarcity of money for lending etc
Example: in times of stringency; (also adjective) The government are demanding stringency measures.

Arabic:	صُعوبَة الحُصول على قُروض
Chinese (Simplified):	（货币）短缺（的）
Chinese (Traditional):	(貨幣)短缺(的)
Czech:	nedostatek; úsporný
Danish:	knaphed
Dutch:	schaarste
Estonian:	rahanappus, piirang
Finnish:	kireät rahamarkkinat
French:	(d')austérité
German:	die Knappheit; Knappheits-…
Greek:	(οικονομική) στενότητα, λιτότητα
Hungarian:	pénztelenség
Icelandic:	þrengingar; sparnaðar-, *-skömmtunarstefna
Indonesian:	untuk dipinjamkan
Italian:	difficoltà, ristrettezza

Japanese:	金詰り
Korean:	(금융 사정 등의) 경색
Latvian:	taupības režīms; stingra (līdzekļu) ekonomija
Lithuanian:	griežta ekonomija, apribojimas
Norwegian:	innstramming
Polish:	deficyt, ograniczenia
Portuguese (Brazil):	austeridade
Portuguese (Portugal):	austeridade
Romanian:	(de) austeritate
Russian:	нехватка
Slovak:	nedostatok; úsporný
Slovenian:	pomanjkanje
Spanish:	estrechez
Swedish:	knapphet, åtstramning
Turkish:	para sıkılığı, *darlığı