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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a reduction in quantity or rate

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1897 1. something cut back 2. reduction <a cutback in funding>

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also cut-back(cutbacks) A cutback is a reduction that is made in something. London Underground said it may have to axe 500 signalling jobs because of government cutbacks in its investment. = cut N-COUNT: oft N in n

Moby Thesaurus

cheeseparing, cooling, cooling down, cooling off, curtailment, cut, economization, economizing, low growth rate, pullback, reduction of expenses, reduction of spending, retrenchment, rollback, saving, scraping, scrimping, skimping, slowdown, sparing