cut-back in production
1cut|back — «KUHT BAK», noun. 1. a reduction in quantity, number, or rate; curtailment: »a cutback in expenditures. The factory made a cutback in production when many of its orders were canceled. In spite of talk of cutbacks, defense spending still is headed …
2cut back — is generally tautological, as here: Losses in the metal stamping division have forced the group to cut back production. More succinct to say have forced the group to cut production …
3cut back — Losses in the metal stamping division have forced the group to cut back production (Daily Telegraph). It is more succinct to say, have forced the group to cut production. See phrasal verbs …
4cut back — phr verb Cut back is used with these nouns as the object: ↑production, ↑service, ↑shrub, ↑spending, ↑stem …
5cut back on — phr verb Cut back on is used with these nouns as the object: ↑food, ↑production, ↑service, ↑spending …
6cut — [[t]kʌt[/t]] v. cut, cut•ting, adj. n. 1) to penetrate with or as if with a sharp edged instrument or object 2) to divide with or as if with a sharp edged instrument; sever; carve: to cut a rope[/ex] 3) to detach or remove with or as if with a… …
7cut — or short cut [kut] vt. cut, cutting [ME cutten, kytten < Late OE * cyttan < Scand base seen in Swed dial., Ice kuta, to cut with a knife: the word replaced OE ceorfan (see CARVE), snithan, scieran (see SHEAR) as used in its basic senses] I… …
8production — noun 1 making/growing sth ADJECTIVE ▪ full, full scale ▪ The machine will go into full production in November 2002. ▪ large scale, mass, volume ▪ …
9cut — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 hole/opening made by cutting ADJECTIVE ▪ clean, neat ▪ little, small ▪ long ▪ straight …
10cut — /kut/, v., cut, cutting, adj., n. v.t. 1. to penetrate with or as if with a sharp edged instrument or object: He cut his finger. 2. to divide with or as if with a sharp edged instrument; sever; carve: to cut a rope. 3. to detach with or as if… …
