CUTBACK

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A reduction in quantity or rate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("cutback" is a kind of...):

decrease; diminution; reduction; step-down (the act of decreasing or reducing something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cutback"):

service cutback (the act of reducing service)

Derivation:

cut back (cut down on; make a reduction in)

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