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KUTB-ak/ˈkʌtbæk/

A cutback is a reduction in spending, staff, or services. Cut is everyday (already in the dictionary); austerity is the wider policy word. Libraries: cutbacks closed the Saturday slot.

Meaning

A reduction in spending, staff, or services.

Examples

• “Cutbacks closed the Saturday library slot.”
• “A cutback in hours is not a closure, but the service still shrinks.”

Good to know

a cutback; cutbacks in + noun. Everyday: a cut. Policy: austerity. Local news. Countable reductions. One word.

Near in meaning

cut

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