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budget cut

budget cut

57 2.8
Less money given to a department or service in a budget
  • noun
  • /ˈbʌdʒɪt kʌt/
translation icon : recorte presupuestario
  • Critics of state intervention point to budget cuts and inadequate follow-up for maltreated children.
  • face budget cuts
  • suffer budget cuts
  • be affected by budget cuts

And I always add to it and higher education did not suffer any budget cut.

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Examples

  • With an increasing number of educational budget cuts, many schools do not have a full-time nurse.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Tensions in the city continue to rise as the civil servants union enters its second month of strikes due to drastic budget cuts.

    Samaritan (2022)

  • Police department hit by budget cuts.

    Logan Lucky (2017)

  • This is going along with incredible budget cuts to education, healthcare, unemployment insurance.

  • The program ended in 1996 because of budget cuts and changes in spending priorities, he said.

    Academic text (2007)

  • The agency had suffered budget cuts and the loss of some important program responsibilities.

    Academic text (1991)

  • For example, many states have implemented budget cuts across the board to all state institutions, including colleges and universities.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Due to budget cuts, my position as middle school music teacher has been eliminated, so I've been working as a high school sub.

    Dead Men Walking (2005)

  • Unfortunately, the town is facing some devastating budget cuts this year and I'm afraid the scholarship is an indulgence that the town can no longer afford.

    The House (2017)

  • Many teachers lost their jobs due to the recent budget cuts implemented by the school district.

Synonyms

spending cut
vsbudget cut
79 3.3

A decision by a government or organization to use less money

reduces planned money allocation rather than only immediate use
cutback
vsbudget cut
52 3.7

A smaller amount of money or resources that an organization uses to lower costs

focuses on reducing allocated funding rather than general output decreases
cost cutting
vsbudget cut
14 3.0

Steps a company takes to spend less money

describes a specific reduction in allocated money resulting from such actions
cutdown
vsbudget cut
2 4.0

A drop in the number or amount of something

is limited to reductions in planned allocations not general decreases

How Extensive

austerity
  • Literature
97 7.4
downsizing
  • Jargon
23 4.5
cost cutting
14 3.0
budget cut
57 2.8

Surface Forms

budget cut singular
budget cuts plural

Morphology

budget + cut

The meaning 'a reduction in the amount of money allocated' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'budget' (a plan of money) with 'cut' (a reduction). This compositional pattern (budget + reduction) is common across languages and follows ordinary noun-noun modification, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Budget cut comes from the image of someone taking scissors to a paper budget to cut away parts and save money. So, it means 'a reduction in the amount of money' set aside for something.