cutback (noun)
1cutback — ► NOUN ▪ a reduction, especially in expenditure …
2cutback — cut‧back [ˈkʌtbæk] noun [countable usually plural] a reduction in something, such as the number of workers in a company or the amount of money a company or government spends: • Financial cutbacks have led to a decline in the number of staff… …
3cutback — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ drastic, major, severe, sharp ▪ budget, budgetary, economic, financial ▪ production …
4cutback — noun Date: 1897 1. something cut back 2. reduction < a cutback in funding > …
5cutback — noun An act of decreasing monetary sources. The cutback in military spending has caused many bases to be closed …
6cutback — noun a reduction in quantity or rate • Derivationally related forms: ↑cut back • Hypernyms: ↑decrease, ↑diminution, ↑reduction, ↑step down • Hyponyms: ↑service cutback …
7cutback — noun (countable usually plural) a reduction in something, such as the number of workers in an organization, the amount of money spent by the government etc (+ in): recommended cutbacks in social programmes see also: cut back cut 1 cute /kju:t/… …
8cutback — noun a) A reduction in an existing program of some sort. b) Maneuver where the surfer turns and surfs back towards where the wave is breaking …
9cutback — noun a reduction, especially in expenditure …
10cutback — noun Syn: reduction, cut, decrease, economy, saving; N.Amer. rollback Ant: increase …
