cut-back in spending
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 — verb 1. return in time (Freq. 1) the film cut back to an earlier event in the story • Syn: ↑flash back • Derivationally related forms: ↑flashback (for: ↑flash back) …
3cut back — PHRASAL VERB If you cut back something such as expenditure or cut back on it, you reduce it. → See also cutback [V P n (not pron)] They will be concerned to cut back expenditure on unnecessary items... [V P on n] The Government has cut back on… …
4cut back — verb a) To reduce the amount of (something). Some U.S. banks are cutting back their dealings with embassies and other foreign institutions in the United States because of the difficulty of complying with money laundering rules, the Wall Street… …
5cut·back — /ˈkʌtˌbæk/ noun, pl backs [count] : the act of reducing the number or amount of something : ↑reduction often + in He is opposed to further cutbacks [=cuts] in military spending. see also cut back at ↑ …
6cut back — phr verb Cut back is used with these nouns as the object: ↑production, ↑service, ↑shrub, ↑spending, ↑stem …
7cut back on — phr verb Cut back on is used with these nouns as the object: ↑food, ↑production, ↑service, ↑spending …
8cut — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 hole/opening made by cutting ADJECTIVE ▪ clean, neat ▪ little, small ▪ long ▪ straight …
9cut — cut1 W1S1 [kʌt] v past tense and past participle cut present participle cutting ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(reduce)¦ 2¦(divide something with a knife, scissors etc)¦ 3¦(make something shorter with a knife etc)¦ 4¦(remove parts from film etc)¦ 5¦(make a… …
10spending — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ total ▪ There has been an increase in total government spending. ▪ high, low ▪ additional, increased ▪ …
