cutbacknoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkʌt.bæk/us/ˈkʌt.bæk/C1 a reduction in something, made in order to save money:
The closure of the Manchester printing factory is the company's biggest single cutback so far.
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Budgeting money
- a penny saved is a penny earned idiom
- cut
- cut back
- defund
- draw/pull in your horns idiom
- economy drive
- economy-size
- false economy
- horn
- in/out of pocket idiom
- manage
- penny
- price-conscious
- put/lay sth on/to one side idiom
- save (sth) up
- save on sth
- set sth against sth
- skimp
- square
- tighten your belt idiom
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