budget cut

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• budget cut — noun the act of reducing budgeted expenditures • Hypernyms: ↑cut …   Useful english dictionary

• budget cut — reduction in the money allotted …   English contemporary dictionary

• budget — bud|get1 W2S1 [ˈbʌdʒıt] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: bougette small leather bag , from bouge leather bag , from Latin bulga; from the idea of bringing your spending plan out of its bag] 1.) the money that is available to an… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• cut — ▪ I. cut cut 1 [kʌt] noun [countable] 1. a planned reduction in the amount or level of something: cut in • The chairman took an $800,000 cut in pay last year because of poor profits. • the president s programme of budget cuts …   Financial and business terms

• Cut (advertisement) — Cut print ad promoting Cut Client Women s Aid Agency …   Wikipedia

• cut back — {v.} 1. To change direction suddenly while going at full speed. * /The halfback started to his left, cut back to his right, and ran for a touchdown./ 2. To use fewer or use less. * /After the big job was finished, the builder cut back the number… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• cut back — {v.} 1. To change direction suddenly while going at full speed. * /The halfback started to his left, cut back to his right, and ran for a touchdown./ 2. To use fewer or use less. * /After the big job was finished, the builder cut back the number… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• cut something to the bone — cut/trim/pare/something to the bone phrase to reduce something to the lowest possible level or amount We’ve had to cut our profit margins to the bone in order to survive. Thesaurus: to reduce somethingsynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

• cut your teeth on something — phrase to get your first experience in a particular job by doing something actors who cut their teeth on low budget films Thesaurus: to start doing something new or differentsynonym Main entry: cut * * * cut your teeth on sth idiom …   Useful english dictionary

• cut back — {v. phr.} To diminish; lessen; decrease (said of budgets). * /The state had to cut back on the university budget./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• cut both ways — or[cut two ways] {v. phr.} To have two effects; cause injury to both sides. * /People who gossip find it cuts both ways./ …   Dictionary of American idioms