cutback

cut·back

(kŭt′băk′)

1. A decrease; a curtailment: "The political effects of food cutbacks could be devastating" (New York Times).

2. A sharp reversal of direction, as of a ball carrier in football.

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cutback

(ˈkʌtˌbæk)

1. a decrease or reduction

2. (Film) another word (esp US) for flashback

vb (adverb)

3. (tr) to shorten by cutting off the end; prune

4. (when: intr, foll by on) to reduce or make a reduction (in)

5. (Film) (intr) chiefly US (in films) to show an event that took place earlier in the narrative; flash back

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cut•back

(ˈkʌtˌbæk)

n.

1. a reduction in rate, quantity, etc.: a cutback in production.

2. a return in the course of a story, film, etc., to earlier events.

[1895–1900]

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Noun 1. cutback - a reduction in quantity or rate

reduction, step-down, diminution, decrease - the act of decreasing or reducing something

service cutback - the act of reducing service

cutback

noun reduction, cut, retrenchment, economy, decrease, lessening A 200-person cutback in staff was announced.

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cutback

noun

The act or process of decreasing:

abatement, curtailment, cut, decrease, decrement, diminishment, diminution, drain, reduction, slash, slowdown, taper.

Translations

تَقْلِيل

snížení

nedskæring

vähentäminen

smanjenje

縮小

삭감

nedskärning

การลดจํานวนลง

azaltma

sự cắt giảm

削减

cutback

[ˈkʌtbæk] N

1. (in expenditure, staff, production) → recorte m, reducción f
to make cutbacks (in sth) → hacer or realizar recortes (en algo)

2. (Cine) (= flashback) → flashback m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cutback

[ˈkʌtbæk] n (in spending, funding) → réduction f; (in production) → diminution f
staff cutbacks → réductions de personnel
government cutbacks → réductions budgétaires du gouvernement
a cutback in sth [+ spending, funding] → une réduction de qch; [+ production] → une diminution de qch

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

cutback

→ Kürzung f

(Film) → Rückblende f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

cutback

[ˈkʌtˌbæk] n

a. (in expenditure, staff, production) → taglio, riduzione f

b. (Cine) (flashback) → flashback m inv

cutback

→ تَقْلِيل snížení nedskæring Kürzung περικοπή recorte vähentäminen réduction smanjenje taglio 縮小 삭감 bezuiniging nedskjæring przycięcie redução понижение nedskärning การลดจํานวนลง azaltma sự cắt giảm 削减

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