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1 резко сократить
1) General subject: curtail drastically (что-л.)2) Makarov: curtail drastically (что-л.) -
2 сокращать сокра·щать
1) (укорачивать) to shorten, to cut down; (текст) to abridgeсократить наполовину / на 50% — to reduce by half / by 50 per cent
2) (уменьшать) to reduce, to curtail, to cutпостепенно сокращать — to phase out, to scale down
сокращать до уровня разумной достаточности (о вооружениях и вооружённых силах) — to reduce to a level of reasonable sufficiency
сокращать рабочий день — to shorten / to reduce the working day
3) разг. (увольнять) to make (smb.) redundant, to discharge4) (бюджет, расходы и т.п.) to retrench, to pull inрезко сократить военные расходы — to drastically cut military expenditure / spending
сократить расходы — to reduce / to curtail expenditure(s) / expences, to cut down expenditure(s)
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