Converse of object

• impose: In a way, the invasion did save the Baath regime and did impose austerity on the Iraqi people.

• practice: Here he practiced an austerity which to many of his contemporaries seemed to boarder on madness.

• have: It harks back to experimental pioneers such as Morton Feldman; it has the austerity of an electronic piece made fron tone generators.

Adjective modifier

• post-war: Ice cream was then a great luxury in the post-war austerity of Hyde.

• fiscal: Yet in times of fiscal austerity maintaining levels of spending in programs relevant to women is an achievement in itself.

• severe: I, as a matter of fact, like its severe austerity.

• economic: These were intended to offer popular, low-cost motoring in conditions of economic austerity.

• great: To live in harmony with others whether at the office or at home is a great austerity.

• such: Yet much of the British public have been willing to tolerate just such austerity in the field of healthcare.

Modifies a noun

• measure: These wage cuts are in line with IMF austerity measures.

• package: He has promised to " revise the austerity package " .

• program: Last year two million workers struck in Spain against austerity programs.

• policy: Preparations for the euro's launch have helped justify the adoption of austerity policies right across Europe.

• plan: A string of austerity plans only aggravated the crisis.

• program: The government had to rely on Denmark to bail them out, and together with an austerity program means that the economy is recovering.

Noun used with modifier

• wartime: November 2001 Special patriotic wartime austerity issue on ultra cheap paper.

• war: The crowds came in there thousands, thrilled to see the return of Grand Prix racing after so many years of war austerity.

• post: Post war austerity bit hard and rationing and housing shortages were acute.