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CUTBACK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cutback mean?
• CUTBACK (noun)
The noun CUTBACK has 1 sense:
1. a reduction in quantity or rate
Familiarity information: CUTBACK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A reduction in quantity or rate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("cutback" is a kind of...):
decrease; diminution; reduction; step-down (the act of decreasing or reducing something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cutback"):
service cutback (the act of reducing service)
Derivation:
cut back (cut down on; make a reduction in)
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