cutback

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

cutback
    n 1: a reduction in quantity or rate

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cutback \cutback\ n.
   1. a reduction in quantity or rate; a reduction in the amount
      of an activity or the funding for an activity; as,
      cutbacks in government research funding increased
      unemployment among scientists; the recession caused a
      cutback in auto production.
      [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

   2. a return to an earlier scene or story line in a novel,
      movie, etc.
      [PJC]

   3. (Sports) a sudden switching of directions of a running
      football player, a surfboarder, etc.
      [PJC]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

20 Moby Thesaurus words for "cutback":
      cheeseparing, cooling, cooling down, cooling off, curtailment, cut,
      economization, economizing, low growth rate, pullback,
      reduction of expenses, reduction of spending, retrenchment,
      rollback, saving, scraping, scrimping, skimping, slowdown,
      sparing