英语词汇“cost-cutting”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

cost-cutting n. and adj. (a) n. the reduction of costs, esp. in a business; (b) adj. that reduces costs, esp. of a business.

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1894 Sentinel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) 12 June 10/5 As the sale progresses, interest grows. Cost-cutting and concession of value cultimate [sic] to-day in these unprecedented offers.

1932 Time 25 Apr. 50/2 Son Samuel would continue to be the practical cost-cutting manager of the sprawling empire.

1939 Fortune Oct. 49/2 Each subsidiary maintains a staff of research chemists, but these men are for the most part engaged in routine problems (i.e., process refinements, cost cutting, etc.) rather than on pure speculative research.

1982 P. Hoffman Lions of Eighties ii. 31 The proliferation of paralegals and the elimination of associates' ‘downtime’—otherwise idle hours—were cost-cutting measures.

2011 New Yorker 3 Oct. 60/1 Last year, in October, IKEA issued its first annual report. It justified the company's scary-genius approach to cost-cutting.

单词	cost-cutting
释义	> as lemmas cost-cutting cost-cutting n. and adj. (a) n. the reduction of costs, esp. in a business; (b) adj. that reduces costs, esp. of a business. ΚΠ 1894 Sentinel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) 12 June 10/5 As the sale progresses, interest grows. Cost-cutting and concession of value cultimate [sic] to-day in these unprecedented offers. 1932 Time 25 Apr. 50/2 Son Samuel would continue to be the practical cost-cutting manager of the sprawling empire. 1939 Fortune Oct. 49/2 Each subsidiary maintains a staff of research chemists, but these men are for the most part engaged in routine problems (i.e., process refinements, cost cutting, etc.) rather than on pure speculative research. 1982 P. Hoffman Lions of Eighties ii. 31 The proliferation of paralegals and the elimination of associates' ‘downtime’—otherwise idle hours—were cost-cutting measures. 2011 New Yorker 3 Oct. 60/1 Last year, in October, IKEA issued its first annual report. It justified the company's scary-genius approach to cost-cutting. extracted from costn.³ < as lemmas
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