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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a reduction in quantity or rate;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cutback n 1: a reduction in quantity or rate
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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