spending cut
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3.3
- noun
- The government announced a series of spending cuts to reduce the national deficit.
- public spending cuts
- big spending cuts
- tax and spending cuts
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Watch on YouTubeBut the President Obama couldn't shut the government down to stop a teeny spending cut that he'd endorsed.
- But the President Obama couldn't shut the government down to stop a teeny spending cut that he'd endorsed.
- Dodge won't just see resistance to spending cuts from the people who benefit from government programs.
- And what they found is that the successful debt reduction package or fiscal adjustment package were the one that were made exclusively of spending cuts.
- So they cut even more spending, which more spending cuts leads again to more layoffs and no hiring again.
Examples
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Most current-year budget problems are being addressed with spending cuts and tax hikes.
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For perspective, the spending cuts are $136 billion for 2013, 0.8% of GDP.
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While the tax increases were real, Congress never delivered on the spending cuts.
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To pass his budget plan in August, the President had to promise further spending cuts from the fiscal 1994 budget.
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Four years of pain, tax rises and spending cuts and the public finance will be sorted.
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Democrats indicated that some spending cuts would be fine with them.
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Indeed, the magnitude of the tax increases and spending cuts required makes such a voluntary deal unlikely.
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Budget items denominated in foreign currency became prime targets of spending cuts.
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Contrary to what you may have heard, spending cuts have largely been lacking in Europe's economic crisis response.
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The most obvious impact is that it contributes to larger federal government budget deficits, forcing either spending cuts or tax increases.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
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2.8
Less money given to a department or service in a budget
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7.4
Government policy of cutting public spending and services to reduce debt
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3.7
A smaller amount of money or resources that an organization uses to lower costs
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8.9
Automatic cuts to public spending when budget goals are not met
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3.0
Steps a company takes to spend less money
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7.0
A government action that cuts public spending or raises taxes to reduce debt
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8.1
A cut in spending by a business or government to save money
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a reduction in the amount of money spent' is directly and compositionally derived from 'spending' (the act of paying) plus 'cut' (a reduction). This noun+noun compound follows a common and cross-linguistically transparent pattern (e.g., ‘budget cut’, equivalents in many languages), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Spending cut comes from the picture of someone using scissors on a budget, cutting out items so less money is used. That's why it means 'a reduction in the amount of money spent'.