"Tight" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH

As colloquially applied to a note, bond, mortgage, lease, etc., thls term signl-fies that the clauses providing the credit-or’s remedy in case of default (as, by fore-closure, execution, dlstress, etc.) are summary and stringent

Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.

Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; -- applied
to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out.

Close, so as not to admit the passage of a liquid or
other fluid; not leaky; as, a tight ship; a tight cask; a tight room;
-- often used in this sense as the second member of a compound; as,
water-tight; air-tight.

Handy; adroit; brisk.

Fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight
coat or other garment.

Close; parsimonious; saving; as, a man tight in his
dealings.

p. p. of Tie.

To tighten.

Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy.

Pressing; stringent; not easy; firmly held; dear; --
said of money or the money market. Cf. Easy, 7.

Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; as,
tight cloth; a tight knot.

of Tie