Meaning of cost-cutting in English - Cambridge Dictionary

the process of reducing how much a company or organization spends: Restructuring and cost-cutting has led to an increase in annual earnings for the industry. Meaningofcost-cuttinginEnglish cost-cuttingnoun[U]uk Yourbrowserdoesn'tsupportHTML5audio /ˈkɒstˌkʌt.ɪŋ/us Yourbrowserdoesn'tsupportHTML5audio /ˈkɑːstˌkʌt̬.ɪŋ/ actionstakentoreducetheamountthatisspentonaserviceorwithinanorganization:Therecoverywasachievedintheold-fashionedway,withcost-cuttingandpriceincreases.acost-cuttingexercisecost-cuttingmeasures Payingmoney advance anteup(something) balance burnaholeinsomeone'spocketidiom chargeable compensate congestioncharge cough coughsomethingup foot lash paid payer ransom settleup sinkintosomething spender splashout(something) springforsomething stretchtosomething Seemoreresults»   Wanttolearnmore? ImproveyourvocabularywithEnglishVocabularyinUsefromCambridge.Learnthewordsyouneedtocommunicatewithconfidence. (Definitionofcost-cuttingfromtheCambridgeAdvancedLearner'sDictionary&Thesaurus©CambridgeUniversityPress) cost-cutting|BusinessEnglish cost-cuttingnoun[U]uk Yourbrowserdoesn'tsupportHTML5audio /ˈkɒstˌkʌtɪŋ/us Yourbrowserdoesn'tsupportHTML5audio theprocessofreducinghowmuchacompanyororganizationspends:Restructuringandcost-cuttinghasledtoanincreaseinannualearningsfortheindustry.cost-cuttingadjective[beforenoun] cost-cuttingmeasures/plans/programmescostcutnoun[C] Councilcostcutswillmeanjoblossesinthearea. (Definitionofcost-cuttingfromtheCambridgeBusinessEnglishDictionary©CambridgeUniversityPress) Examplesofcost-cutting cost-cutting Thus,theswitchtodefinedcontributionsisprimarilyacost-cuttingexercise. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Itwasuniqueinblendingastrategyofcost-cuttingandconcentratedinvestment. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Consensus-buildingstrategiesmaydepoliticiseamodestcost-cuttingprogram,yetalmostbydefinitiontheyrelyuponleadersframingissuesaroundthestatusquo. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Respondentsdidnotunderstandtheconceptsofstrategicalignmentverywellandthisalsocontributestoaclimateofshort-termperspectives,cost-cuttinganddistrust. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Alsoinacost-cuttingdrivetocombattheseriousdeclineinincome,thearistocraticretainerswerecutfromthebudget. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Approximatelyhalfsawacontradictionbetweentheirprofessionalautonomyandcost-cuttinghealthcarepolicies,andapproximatelytwo-thirdsexpressedconcernaboutmalpracticesuits. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Asobjectivesbecomeincreasinglyideological,seeminglypragmaticaims-forinstancecost-cuttingmeasures-developintosocialcommentaries,valuejudgementsapropostheapplicationandbestowalofcitizen'srights. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Managers,clinicians,andresearcherswhoarepronetoorganizationalflexibility,thatis,workinginprofessionalandscientificnetworks,areinclinedtosetprioritiesaboveandbeyondcost-cutting. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Thatisobviouslyexpensiveinstaffingtermsandisseenasaneasytargetforacost-cuttingprivatesectorowner. FromtheHansardarchive ExamplefromtheHansardarchive.ContainsParliamentaryinformationlicensedundertheOpenParliamentLicencev3.0 Itispikestaffplainthattheregulationsareaboutcost-cutting. FromtheHansardarchive ExamplefromtheHansardarchive.ContainsParliamentaryinformationlicensedundertheOpenParliamentLicencev3.0 Theirobjectiveseemstobesimplyapenny-pinching,cost-cuttingsweatshopeconomy. FromtheHansardarchive ExamplefromtheHansardarchive.ContainsParliamentaryinformationlicensedundertheOpenParliamentLicencev3.0 Thisisacost-cuttingexercisedressedupasabattlewithanintransigentprofession. FromtheHansardarchive ExamplefromtheHansardarchive.ContainsParliamentaryinformationlicensedundertheOpenParliamentLicencev3.0 Itiswhentheserecommendationshavenotbeenimplemented,duetoneglect,orthroughcost-cuttingbyspeculativecharterers,thattheproblemsarise. FromtheHansardarchive ExamplefromtheHansardarchive.ContainsParliamentaryinformationlicensedundertheOpenParliamentLicencev3.0 Atthesametime,thereportfailstoproposeanycost-cuttingmeasures. FromEuroparlParallelCorpus-English Inthismodel,safetyhasgivenwaytocost-cuttingasaprimaryconcern. FromEuroparlParallelCorpus-English Seeallexamplesofcost-cutting Theseexamplesarefromcorporaandfromsourcesontheweb.AnyopinionsintheexamplesdonotrepresenttheopinionoftheCambridgeDictionaryeditorsorofCambridgeUniversityPressoritslicensors. Translationsofcost-cutting inChinese(Traditional) 削減成本,減少費用… Seemore inChinese(Simplified) 削减成本,减少费用… Seemore inPolish inTurkish inRussian redukcjakosztów,≈oszczędnościowy… Seemore maliyetazaltıcı/düşürücü… Seemore снижениезатрат,снижаюшийзатраты… Seemore Needatranslator? Getaquick,freetranslation! 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