Similar words: lightening, brightening, frightening, frighteningly, tighten, tightened, benighted, lighten. Meaning: ['taɪtn] n. the act of making something tighter.
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91 A sharp tightening of credit, expected after years of easy money, may yet wreak havoc.
92 He stood in front of the mirror tightening his necktie.
93 The budget committee is in the process of tightening the purse strings.
94 BI's ongoing policy tightening cycle and the government's favorable fiscal-consolidation policies are being played out against a neutral macro-dynamic (of above-trend growth but external deficit).
95 Contrasting tempos and the restraining influence of synchronism serve to produce effects of scattering and tightening.
96 The reason of fatigue fracture at a tightening pillar on 8 MN aluminium profile press was analyzed.
97 Therefore , the final tightening is nothing but to tauten the out end of the Zong Sha.
98 The other hand, credit tightening polyester enterprises finance costs rise, outside spot for 3-6 months deferred payment advantages had been favored, so spot demand could fall within.
99 Several important tests on torque - angle tightening process of diesel engine cylinder head bolts were introduced.
100 Most have been warned that kiln-dried lumber supplies are tightening, but they simply don't have enough business from cabinet, furniture and millwork shops to justify increased purchasing.
101 The International Maritime Organization, for example, has overseen the tightening of regulations on oil transportation.
102 Tightening credit and a more discriminating equity market may be accomplishing what no business would do on its own: tamping down on supply to moderate the prospect of a future bust.
103 Therefore, the tightening of credit to the real estate industry and listed companies will have a greater impact.
104 Liquidity traps can vitiate it on the downside, but when inflation threatens, tightening the money supply and raising interest rates will discourage spending.
105 The night care can make the tired skin revitalized, tightening and elastic.
106 Investors looked to the US Federal Reserve policy meeting yesterday for signs of tightening rates.
107 Affected by visa "tightening", quite a number of the African laborers here do not have legal residence permits, while many visas and passports are also expired.
108 About 3/4 people plan to cerebrate Hallowmas , while most people say that they will buy sweets, festival cloths and decoration despite facing tightening credit, according to the survey.
109 To prevent this, international auction houses and sellers are tightening policies and enforcing stricter rules about who can bid and when they will pay.
110 The eagerness to cut spending now risks repeating the ill-timed fiscal and monetary tightening of 1937 that pushed the economy back into recession.
111 Another unexpected turn of events, however, soon has Mr. and Mrs. Lisbon tightening their overprotective reigns over their daughters to an even greater degree.
112 China is tightening after a record expansion of credit to counter the effects of the world financial crisis.
113 The ensuing Fed tightening produced a mild recession in 1991.
114 Steps work wonders for lifting and tightening the gluteal muscles, quadriceps, calves, and hamstrings.
115 Tightening clothing mouth, unique, we can see a country whose rhythmic temperament.
116 Monitoring tightening bolts questions you will determine whether the technicians of the torque wrench required courses.
117 The situation has now improved, possibly as a result of the government's monetary tightening, and the sector now has an average capital-to-asset ratio of 7.01%, up from 4.86%.
118 "You have another wave of anxiety, another tightening of credit, " said Robert Barbera, chief economist at the research and trading firm ITG.
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119 Hear the password, the landing field for all the tightening of the heart.
120 When the Chinese government sought to quell the emerging housing bubble in 2007 by tightening up lending criteria, it sent the market into reverse.
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