defundverb [ T ]
uk/ˌdiːˈfʌnd//ˌdiːˈfʌnd/USto stop providing the money to pay for something:
She opposes any proposal to defund US troops.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Budgeting money
- a penny saved is a penny earned idiom
- cut
- cut back
- draw/pull in your horns idiom
- economy drive
- economy-size
- false economy
- horn
- in/out of pocket idiom
- manage
- means testing
- on a shoestring idiom
- penny
- price-conscious
- put/lay sth on/to one side idiom
- save on sth
- set sth against sth
- skimp
- square
- tighten your belt idiom
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