cutback
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈkʌtˌbæk/
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recorte
- Due to budget constraints, the company announced a series of cutbacks in employee benefits.
- budget cutbacks
- cutbacks in funding
- federal cutbacks
It's not obvious that cutbacks on government programs that are most relied on by low income workers during downturns benefits them.
- It's not obvious that cutbacks on government programs that are most relied on by low income workers during downturns benefits them.
- So having in your mind that you already know what to do if you suddenly have to make huge cutbacks in your budget is half the battle.
- There are tech department, IT department and the schools have with these cutbacks almost none.
- And this is the largest cutback of of federal science support in history that's now been proposed is the model ending right?
- And there are two areas we're starting to see cutbacks where ordinarily you don't want to see them to keep a good boom bull market going.
Examples
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The preservation field has seen several respected graduate programs experience cutbacks or even closure.
Academic text (2012) -
Although we've suffered considerable cutbacks on research expenditure, money is not the main cause of the trouble.
Academic text (1996) -
With all the recent cutbacks, we're lucky we still have guns.
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You know, we have cutbacks ever since the new president came in.
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- I heard there have been some big cutbacks here.
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As some of you know, severe cutbacks will affect many programs in the spring.
Fiction book (1995) -
The widespread cutbacks of state aid to public education provide an excellent example.
Academic text (1997) -
Unfortunately, financial cutbacks make these types of programs difficult to initiate and maintain.
Academic text (1994) -
As more programs that vulnerable clients depend on face elimination or cutbacks, advocacy is needed more than ever.
Academic text (2013) -
Since then, OPEC producers have been using quotas and production cutbacks as a formula for increasing prices.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
451
3.2
A decrease in size, amount, degree, or price
230
2.5
A sudden large decrease in amount or value
84
2.2
A drop in amount or number
79
3.3
A decision by a government or organization to use less money
57
2.8
Less money given to a department or service in a budget
40
5.3
A decrease in how much of something is left, often until it is used up
14
3.0
Steps a company takes to spend less money
10
3.9
A sudden decrease in amount, quality or rate
5
5.1
A decrease in size, amount, or value
3
7.5
A cut that reduces something or stops it earlier than planned
3
4.6
A decrease in amount or level, for example moving to a lower job
3
4.0
A drop in amount, level, or quality
2
4.0
A drop in the number or amount of something
2
8.1
A cut in spending by a business or government to save money
2
3.4
A smaller amount of pay that a worker receives
2
6.9
A fall in the value or amount of an investment
1
7.7
A small reduction in an amount or number
1
5.7
A cut to public services that makes them smaller or less frequent, for example fewer buses
A slow reduction in size or amount done in stages
Antonyms
Compounds
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5.7
A cut to public services that makes them smaller or less frequent, for example fewer buses
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cutback comes from the simple words cut and back, which together mean to 'cut something back' or to 'make it smaller'. So a cutback is a reduction, for example less spending, fewer staff, or lower production.