Cutback

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  cutback \cutback\ n.
     1. a reduction in quantity or rate; a reduction in the amount
        of an activity or the funding for an activity; as,
        cutbacks in government research funding increased
        unemployment among scientists; the recession caused a
        cutback in auto production.


        [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
  
     2. a return to an earlier scene or story line in a novel,
        movie, etc.
        [PJC]
  
     3. (Sports) a sudden switching of directions of a running
        football player, a surfboarder, etc.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cutback
       n : a reduction in quantity or rate

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "cutback":
     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