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Definition: Cutback |
CutbackNoun1. A reduction in quantity or rate. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Building & Civil Engineering | Fluid binder obtained by the addition of a volatile oil to a bitumen or to a pitch. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Cutback |
| Specialty definitions using "cutback": cold-laid mixture. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Venezuela | The domestic recovery has continued, despite a cutback in oil production dictated by OPEC. (references) |
Costa Rica | Contributing to the slowdown has been the cutback in production of microchips from INTEL, which has become increasingly important to the overall performance of the economy. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Cutback" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Cutback" is used about 54 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 54 | 46,184 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "cutback": service cutback. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cutback saddle | 6 |
cutback | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "cutback"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ulje (commutation, cut, decrease, degradation, depression, derogation, descent, diminution, disparagement, down, drop, falling, immersion, inclination, knee bend, landing, modulation, rebate, reduction, relaxation, sinking), shkurtim (abbreviation, abridgement, abridgment, clipping, contraction, crop, curtailment, cut, reduction, retrenchment, shortening, shrink, shrinkage, the ax, the axe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | съкращение (abbreviation, abridgement, curtailment, diminution, reduction), намаление (abridgement, curtailment, decline, decrease, discount, rebate, reduction, run down), прекъсване (adjournment, breaking, cessation, check, discontinuance, discontinuation, discontinuity, disjunction, halt, intermission, interruption, knock, letup, outage, pause, pretermission, standstill, suspension, time out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 减少 (Decreased, Decreasing, Diminish, Diminished, Diminishing, Diminution, Dwindle, Dwindled, Dwindling, Mio, reduce, reduced, reducing, reduction, rundown, Wane, Waned, Waning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | restrikce (restraint, restriction, run down, rundown), omezení (abatement, check, circumscription, constriction, curb, cut, limit, limitation, limitations, restraint, restriction, termination, trammels). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | cutbackbitumen (cutback asphalt, cutback asphaltic bitumen, cutback bitumen, fluxed bitumen), fluksbitumen (cutback asphalt, cutback asphaltic bitumen, cutback bitumen, fluxed bitumen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | cutbacks (cutback asphalt, cutback asphaltic bitumen, cutback bitumen, fluxed bitumen), gefluxt bitumen (cutback asphalt, cutback asphaltic bitumen, cutback bitumen, fluxed bitumen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | تقلیل دادن (Attenuate, Cutdown, Lessen, Scrimp, Weaken), تقلیل (Depletion, Diminution, Reduction), بریدن (Amputate, Carve, Chop, Cut, Cutoff, Dock, Gash, Hack, Haggle, Hew, Intercept, Mangle, Rase, Rift, Sect, Sever, Shear, Slice, Sliver, Stag, Stump, Sunder, Whittle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | liant fluidifié. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | rückblende (flashback). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | περικοπή (abridgement, citation, curtailment, excerpt, excision, truncation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | csökkentés (abatement, attenuation, curtailment, cut, cutting, cutting down, derogation, diminution, extenuation, mitigation, reducing, reduction, retrenchment, understatement), visszaugrás (flashback, kick, rebound, recoil, snap), leépítés (ax, axe, dismantling), korlátozás (abridgement, abridgment, circumscription, coercion, confinement, crunch, delimination, limit, limitation, qualification, qualifier, restraint, restriction, retrenchment, squeeze, stint), fizetéscsökkentés (cut in salaries, cut-back). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | penyusutan (diminnution), pengurangan (attenuation, cut, declension, decrease, decrement, deduction, diminution). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | riduzione (abatement, adaptation, allowance, curtailment, cut, discount, letup, lowering, rebate, reduction), legante fluidificato. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | utbackcay redução (curtailment, reduction, remission, restriction, retrenchment, setting, shrinkage, sinking), diminuição (abridgement, abridgment, decrease, decrement, depletion, derogation, diminution, dissipation, reduction, release, remission, retrenchment, shrinkage, sinking, wane). (various references) retezare. (various references) сокращение (abbr, abbrev, abbreviation, abridgement, abridgment, breviary, cancellation, constriction, contraction, curtailment, cutting down, dockage, сокр., reduction, retrenchment, shortening, shrinkage, shrinking). (various references) umanjenje (cutting down, derogation, detraction, diminution, reduction), smanjnje. (various references) acortamiento (abbreviation, acronym, curtailment, initials, shortening). (various references) tillbakablick (flashback), nedskärning (condensation, cut, cutting down, retrenchment, run down). (various references) kesme (abscission, clip, curtailment, cut, cutting, discontinuation, interception, nip, scission, section, shearing, shutoff, stoppage, suppression, truncation), hikâyede geriye dönüş, düşüş (collapse, comedown, decline, decrease, downgrade, drop, ebb, ebb tide, eclipse, fall, falling, purler, recession, recessional, reduction, scale down, sinking, spill, tumble), azaltma (abatement, attenuation, ax, axe, curtailment, decrease, depletion, derogation, detraction, diminution, discount, lessening, retrenchment, setdown). (various references) скорочення (abatement, abbreviation, abridgement, abridgment, ax, axe, cancellation, castration, contraction, curtailment, pruning, retraction, retrenchment), зменшення (abatement, attenuation, ax, axe, cutting, decline, decrease, decrement, degression, depression, diminution, narrowing, wane), порушення послідовності подій. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cutback": cutbacks. (additional references) | |
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"Cutback" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cashback, catback, Cebaco, khutba, kubacki, Kubecka, kubicki, Scotbac. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cutback" (pronounced ku"tba'k) |
| 4 | -t b a' k | outback, setback. |
| 3 | -b a' k | biofeedback, buyback, comeback, cornerback, drawback, fallback, feedback, flashback, fullback, giveback, greenback, halfback, hardback, hatchback, horseback, humpback, hunchback, kickback, leaseback, leatherback, paperback, payback, piggyback, playback, pullback, quarterback, razorback, rollback, throwback, wingback. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-c-k-t-u" | |
-3 letters: abut, back, buck, tabu, tack, tuba, tuck. | |
-4 letters: act, auk, bat, but, cab, cat, cub, cut, kab, kat, tab, tau, tub, uta. | |
-5 letters: ab, at, ba, ka, ta, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-c-k-t-u" | |
+1 letter: cutbacks. | |
+2 letters: backcourt, touchback. | |
+3 letters: backcourts, touchbacks. | |
+4 letters: backcountry. | |
+5 letters: backcourtman, backcourtmen. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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