cut-back
Sudden direction change
A cut-back is a reduction or decrease, especially in spending, staffing, or production: The company announced cut-backs in three departments.
In sports, particularly football and surfing, a cut-back is an abrupt reversal of direction.
The hyphenated form is less common than the solid *cutback*.
Plan for spending
- fiscalOf public revenue
- restraintControl over impulses
- frugalityEconomical resource management
- retrenchmentReduction of expenditures
belt-tightening · downsizing · streamlining · curtailment · sacrifice · measures · tightening · savings
Reduce scale or staff
- diminishTo make smaller
- lessenReduce in degree
- decreaseBecome or make smaller
- minimizeReduce to smallest extent
shrink · curtail · lower · pare · slash · trim · rollback · phase-out
budget
Plan for spending
retrenchment · belt-tightening · downsizing · streamlining · curtailment · sacrifice · measures · tightening · savings · discipline
downsize
Reduce scale or staff
minimize · shrink · curtail · lower · pare · slash · trim · rollback · phase-out · wind-down
shears
Heavy-duty cutting blades
thinning · shaping · deadheading · topiary · hedging · bonsai · arborist · gardening · landscaping · orchard
maneuver
Deliberate tactical movement
snap · rail · lip · spray · backside · frontside · reentry · floater · barrel · tube
cut-backexpansion
Increase in scope
increase · growth · buildup · enlargement · escalation
cut-backinvestment
Deploying capital for returns
spending spree · hiring spree · ramp-up · scale-up · reinvestment