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pare down expenses
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pare down expenses
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Related Words:
roll back
collapse
related words >
abridge
,
compress
,
curtail
,
curtail expenses
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut corners
,
cut down
,
damp
,
dampen
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
deflate
,
depreciate
,
depress
,
diminish
,
downgrade
,
lessen
,
lower
,
pare
,
pare down expenses
,
reduce
,
retrench
,
scale down
,
shorten
,
simplify
,
slow down
,
step down
,
take a reef
,
take from
,
tune down
cut back
collapse
return in time; "the film cut back to an earlier event in the story"
related words >
abbreviate
,
abridge
,
abstract
,
bob
,
boil down
,
capsulize
,
clip
,
compress
,
condense
,
contract
,
crop
,
curtail
,
curtail expenses
,
cut
,
cut corners
,
cut down
,
cut off short
,
cut short
,
damp
,
dampen
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
deflate
,
depreciate
,
depress
,
diminish
,
dock
,
downgrade
,
elide
,
epitomize
,
foreshorten
,
lessen
,
lower
,
mark down
,
mow
,
nip
,
pare
,
pare down expenses
,
poll
,
pollard
,
prune
,
reap
,
recap
,
recapitulate
,
reduce
,
retrench
,
roll back
,
scale down
,
shave
,
shear
,
shorten
,
simplify
,
slash
,
slow down
,
snub
,
step down
,
stunt
,
sum up
,
summarize
,
synopsize
,
take a reef
,
take from
,
take in
,
telescope
,
trim
,
truncate
,
tune down
cut corners
collapse
do something the cheapest or easiest way; "Cut corners to make a cheaper product"
related words >
blink
,
carefully ignore
,
cold-shoulder
,
curtail expenses
,
cut a corner
,
cut across
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
cut through
,
dodge
,
fudge
,
make a beeline
,
pare down expenses
,
pass over
,
pass over lightly
,
retrench
,
roll back
,
scamp
,
short-cut
,
skim
,
skim over
,
skim the surface
,
skimp
,
skip over
,
slight
,
slow down
,
slubber over
,
slur
,
slur over
,
take a reef
,
touch upon
,
touch upon lightly
retrench
collapse
make a reduction, as in one's workforce; "The company had to retrench"
tighten one's belt; use resources carefully
related words >
abate
,
abbreviate
,
abrade
,
abridge
,
abstract
,
arrest
,
bate
,
bob
,
boil down
,
bridle
,
capsulize
,
check
,
clip
,
compress
,
condense
,
constrain
,
contain
,
contract
,
control
,
cool
,
cool off
,
crop
,
curb
,
curtail
,
curtail expenses
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut corners
,
cut down
,
cut off short
,
cut short
,
damp
,
dampen
,
decelerate
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
deflate
,
depreciate
,
depress
,
derogate
,
detract
,
diminish
,
disparage
,
dock
,
dompt
,
downgrade
,
drain
,
eat away
,
elide
,
enjoin
,
epitomize
,
erode
,
extract
,
file away
,
foreshorten
,
govern
,
guard
,
hinder
,
hold
,
hold at bay
,
hold back
,
hold fast
,
hold in
,
hold in check
,
hold in leash
,
hold up
,
impair
,
inhibit
,
keep
,
keep back
,
keep from
,
keep in
,
keep in check
,
keep under control
,
lay under restraint
,
leach
,
lessen
,
lower
,
mow
,
nip
,
pare
,
pare down expenses
,
poll
,
pollard
,
prohibit
,
prune
,
pull
,
pull in
,
purify
,
reap
,
recap
,
recapitulate
,
reduce
,
refine
,
rein
,
rein in
,
remove
,
restrain
,
retard
,
roll back
,
rub away
,
scale down
,
set back
,
shave
,
shear
,
shorten
,
simplify
,
slash
,
slow down
,
snub
,
step down
,
straiten
,
stunt
,
subduct
,
subtract
,
sum up
,
summarize
,
synopsize
,
take a reef
,
take away
,
take from
,
take in
,
telescope
,
thin
,
thin out
,
trim
,
truncate
,
tune down
,
wear away
,
weed
,
withdraw
,
withhold
swindle sheet
collapse
related words >
budget
,
budget items
,
burden of expenditure
,
carrying charge
,
charges
,
cost
,
cost of living
,
cost-of-living allowance
,
cost-of-living index
,
costs
,
direct costs
,
disbursals
,
distributed costs
,
expense
,
expense account
,
expenses
,
general expenses
,
indirect costs
,
labor costs
,
liabilities
,
material costs
,
operating costs
,
operating expense
,
overhead
,
prime cost
,
replacement cost
,
unit cost
cut down
collapse
intercept (a player)
related words >
abbreviate
,
abridge
,
abstract
,
annihilate
,
beat down
,
bereave of life
,
blow down
,
blow over
,
blow to pieces
,
blow up
,
bob
,
boil down
,
bowl down
,
bowl over
,
brain
,
break down
,
bring down
,
bulldog
,
bulldoze
,
burn down
,
burn to death
,
capsulize
,
carry away
,
carry off
,
cast down
,
chloroform
,
chop down
,
clip
,
compress
,
condense
,
contract
,
crop
,
curtail
,
curtail expenses
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut corners
,
cut off
,
cut off short
,
cut short
,
cut to pieces
,
damp
,
dampen
,
dash down
,
deal a deathblow
,
deck
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
deflate
,
depreciate
,
depress
,
deprive of life
,
destroy
,
diminish
,
disintegrate
,
dispatch
,
dispose of
,
do away with
,
do for
,
do to death
,
dock
,
down
,
downgrade
,
drop
,
elide
,
end
,
epitomize
,
execute
,
exterminate
,
fell
,
fetch down
,
finish
,
finish off
,
flatten
,
floor
,
foreshorten
,
frag
,
give the quietus
,
ground
,
gun down
,
hew down
,
immolate
,
incinerate
,
jugulate
,
kill
,
knock down
,
knock over
,
lapidate
,
launch into eternity
,
lay level
,
lay low
,
lay out
,
lessen
,
level
,
liquidate
,
lower
,
lynch
,
make away with
,
mark down
,
martyr
,
martyrize
,
mow
,
mow down
,
nip
,
pare
,
pare down expenses
,
pistol
,
poison
,
poleax
,
poll
,
pollard
,
precipitate
,
prostrate
,
prune
,
pull down
,
purge
,
put away
,
put down
,
put to death
,
put to sleep
,
rase
,
raze
,
reap
,
recap
,
recapitulate
,
reduce
,
remove from life
,
retrench
,
riddle
,
roll back
,
sacrifice
,
scale down
,
send headlong
,
shave
,
shear
,
shoot
,
shoot down
,
shoot to death
,
shorten
,
shotgun
,
silence
,
simplify
,
slash
,
slay
,
slow down
,
smash
,
snub
,
spread-eagle
,
stab to death
,
starve
,
steamroller
,
step down
,
stone
,
stone to death
,
strike dead
,
stunt
,
sum up
,
summarize
,
supinate
,
synopsize
,
take a reef
,
take down
,
take from
,
take in
,
take life
,
take off
,
tear down
,
telescope
,
throw
,
throw down
,
topple
,
trim
,
trip
,
truncate
,
tumble
,
tune down
,
vaporize
,
whack down
liabilities
collapse
anything that is owed to someone else
related words >
accounts
,
accounts payable
,
accounts receivable
,
assets
,
budget
,
budget items
,
budgeting
,
burden of expenditure
,
carrying charge
,
charges
,
cost
,
cost of living
,
cost-of-living allowance
,
cost-of-living index
,
costing-out
,
costs
,
direct costs
,
disbursals
,
distributed costs
,
expenditures
,
expense
,
expense account
,
expenses
,
general expenses
,
indirect costs
,
labor costs
,
material costs
,
operating costs
,
operating expense
,
outstanding accounts
,
overhead
,
prime cost
,
receipts
,
replacement cost
,
swindle sheet
,
unit cost
,
unpaid accounts
cost of living
collapse
average cost of basic necessities of life (as food and shelter and clothing); "a rise in the cost of living reflects the rate of inflation"
related words >
budget
,
budget items
,
burden of expenditure
,
carrying charge
,
charges
,
consumer price index
,
cost
,
cost-of-living allowance
,
cost-of-living index
,
costs
,
direct costs
,
disbursals
,
distributed costs
,
expense
,
expense account
,
expenses
,
general expenses
,
indirect costs
,
labor costs
,
liabilities
,
material costs
,
operating costs
,
operating expense
,
overhead
,
prime cost
,
real wages
,
replacement cost
,
standard of comfort
,
standard of life
,
standard of living
,
swindle sheet
,
take-home
,
take-home pay
,
unit cost
slow down
collapse
related words >
abate
,
allay
,
alleviate
,
arrest
,
assuage
,
attemper
,
backpedal
,
backwater
,
bank the fire
,
block
,
blunt
,
bog down
,
boycott
,
brake
,
bridle
,
chasten
,
check
,
clip the wings
,
confine
,
constrain
,
contain
,
control
,
cool
,
cool off
,
curb
,
curtail
,
curtail expenses
,
cut back
,
cut corners
,
cut down
,
damp
,
dampen
,
de-emphasize
,
deaden
,
deadlock
,
decelerate
,
decrease
,
delay
,
detain
,
diminish
,
dompt
,
downplay
,
drag
,
draw rein
,
dull
,
ease
,
ease off
,
ease up
,
enjoin
,
extenuate
,
go on strike
,
go out
,
govern
,
guard
,
halt
,
hang up
,
hinder
,
hold
,
hold at bay
,
hold back
,
hold fast
,
hold in
,
hold in check
,
hold in leash
,
hold out
,
hold up
,
impede
,
inhibit
,
keep
,
keep back
,
keep from
,
keep in
,
keep in check
,
keep under control
,
keep within bounds
,
lag
,
lay
,
lay under restraint
,
lenify
,
lessen
,
let down
,
let up
,
let up on
,
lighten
,
lock out
,
lose ground
,
lose momentum
,
lose speed
,
make late
,
mire
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
modulate
,
obstruct
,
obtund
,
palliate
,
pare down expenses
,
picket
,
play down
,
prohibit
,
pull
,
pull in
,
qualify
,
reduce
,
reduce the temperature
,
reef
,
rein
,
rein in
,
relax
,
restrain
,
retard
,
retrench
,
revolt
,
roll back
,
set back
,
shut it down
,
sit down
,
slack
,
slack off
,
slack up
,
slacken
,
slow
,
slow up
,
smother
,
snub
,
sober
,
sober down
,
soften
,
stall
,
stay
,
stifle
,
stop
,
straiten
,
strike
,
stymie
,
subdue
,
suppress
,
take a reef
,
take in sail
,
tame
,
temper
,
throttle down
,
tone down
,
tune down
,
unbend
,
underplay
,
unlax
,
unwind
,
walk out
,
weaken
,
withhold
overhead
collapse
a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
(nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship
located or originating from above; "an overhead crossing"
above the head; over the head; "bring the legs together overhead"
above your head; in the sky; "planes were flying overhead"
related words >
above
,
abovestairs
,
airward
,
aloft
,
aloof
,
budget
,
budget items
,
burden of expenditure
,
carrying charge
,
ceiling
,
charges
,
cost
,
cost of living
,
cost-of-living allowance
,
cost-of-living index
,
costs
,
direct costs
,
disbursals
,
distributed costs
,
eaves
,
elevated
,
expenditures
,
expense
,
expense account
,
expenses
,
general expenses
,
high
,
high up
,
housetop
,
in the air
,
in the clouds
,
indirect costs
,
labor costs
,
lantern
,
liabilities
,
maintenance
,
material costs
,
on high
,
on stilts
,
on the peak
,
on tiptoe
,
operating costs
,
operating expense
,
outlay
,
over
,
overhead
,
penthouse
,
plafond
,
prime cost
,
raised
,
replacement cost
,
ridgepole
,
roof
,
roof garden
,
roof-deck
,
roofage
,
roofing
,
roofpole
,
rooftop
,
rooftree
,
shingles
,
skylight
,
skyward
,
slates
,
straight up
,
swindle sheet
,
tiles
,
tiptoe
,
to the zenith
,
top
,
unit cost
,
up
,
upper
,
upstairs
,
upward
,
upwards
expense
collapse
a detriment or sacrifice; "at the expense of"
amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer; "he kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting"
related words >
amount
,
bereavement
,
budget
,
budget items
,
burden of expenditure
,
carrying charge
,
charge
,
charges
,
cost
,
cost of living
,
cost-of-living allowance
,
cost-of-living index
,
costs
,
damage
,
dead loss
,
debit
,
decrement
,
denial
,
denudation
,
deprivation
,
despoilment
,
destruction
,
detriment
,
direct costs
,
disbursals
,
disbursement
,
dispossession
,
distributed costs
,
divestment
,
expenditure
,
expense account
,
expenses
,
fee
,
figure
,
forfeit
,
forfeiture
,
general expenses
,
impairment
,
indirect costs
,
injury
,
labor costs
,
liabilities
,
loser
,
losing
,
losing streak
,
loss
,
material costs
,
operating costs
,
operating expense
,
outgoings
,
outlay
,
overhead
,
payment
,
perdition
,
price
,
price tag
,
prime cost
,
privation
,
rate
,
replacement cost
,
robbery
,
ruin
,
sacrifice
,
score
,
spending
,
spoliation
,
stripping
,
swindle sheet
,
tab
,
taking away
,
toll
,
total loss
,
unit cost
cutback
collapse
a reduction in quantity or rate
related words >
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
defray
collapse
bear the expenses of
related words >
acknowledge
,
bear the expense
,
chip in
,
clear
,
cover
,
defray expenses
,
discharge
,
finance
,
foot the bill
,
fund
,
go Dutch
,
honor a bill
,
liquidate
,
meet
,
pay
,
pay for
,
pay the bill
,
pay the piper
,
redeem
,
reimburse
,
settle
,
stand the costs
cost
collapse
the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice; "This mistake cost him his job"
be priced at; "These shoes cost $100"
related words >
afford
,
amount
,
amount to
,
bereavement
,
bring
,
bring in
,
budget
,
budget items
,
burden of expenditure
,
carrying charge
,
charge
,
charges
,
come to
,
come up to
,
cost of living
,
cost out
,
cost-of-living allowance
,
cost-of-living index
,
costs
,
damage
,
dead loss
,
debit
,
denial
,
denudation
,
deprivation
,
despoilment
,
destruction
,
detriment
,
direct costs
,
disbursals
,
disburse
,
dispossession
,
distributed costs
,
divestment
,
expend
,
expenditure
,
expense
,
expense account
,
expenses
,
fetch
,
figure
,
forfeit
,
forfeiture
,
fork out
,
general expenses
,
get
,
go through
,
incur costs
,
indirect costs
,
injury
,
invest
,
labor costs
,
lay out
,
liabilities
,
loser
,
losing
,
losing streak
,
loss
,
material costs
,
mount up to
,
open the purse
,
operating costs
,
operating expense
,
outlay
,
overhead
,
pay
,
pay out
,
payment
,
perdition
,
price
,
price tag
,
prime cost
,
privation
,
put out
,
rate
,
replacement cost
,
robbery
,
ruin
,
run into
,
run through
,
run to
,
sacrifice
,
schedule
,
score
,
sell for
,
set one back
,
shell out
,
sink money in
,
spend
,
splurge
,
spoliation
,
squander
,
stripping
,
swindle sheet
,
tab
,
taking away
,
tariff
,
throw money around
,
total loss
,
total up to
,
unit cost
economizing
collapse
related words >
Scotch
,
canny
,
careful
,
chary
,
cheeseparing
,
conserving
,
cooling
,
cooling down
,
cooling off
,
curtailment
,
cutback
,
economic
,
economization
,
forehanded
,
frugal
,
labor-saving
,
low growth rate
,
money-saving
,
parsimonious
,
penny-wise
,
provident
,
prudent
,
prudential
,
reduction of expenses
,
reduction of spending
,
retrenchment
,
saving
,
scraping
,
scrimping
,
skimping
,
slowdown
,
spare
,
sparing
,
thrifty
,
time-saving
,
unwasteful
excoriate
collapse
related words >
abrade
,
assail
,
attack
,
bark
,
blister
,
castigate
,
decorticate
,
flay
,
fret
,
fustigate
,
gall
,
lash
,
pare
,
peel
,
roast
,
rub
,
scalp
,
scarify
,
scathe
,
scorch
,
scourge
,
skin
,
skin alive
,
slash
,
strip
,
trounce
scale down
collapse
reduce proportionally; "The model is scaled down"
related words >
abridge
,
compress
,
contract
,
curtail
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
damp
,
dampen
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
deflate
,
depreciate
,
depress
,
diminish
,
downgrade
,
lessen
,
lower
,
minify
,
pare
,
reduce
,
retrench
,
roll back
,
shorten
,
simplify
,
step down
,
take from
,
tune down
scissor
collapse
cut with or as if with scissors
related words >
amputate
,
ax
,
bisect
,
butcher
,
carve
,
chop
,
cleave
,
cut
,
cut away
,
cut in two
,
cut off
,
dichotomize
,
dissever
,
excise
,
fissure
,
gash
,
hack
,
halve
,
hew
,
incise
,
jigsaw
,
lance
,
pare
,
prune
,
rend
,
rive
,
saw
,
sever
,
slash
,
slice
,
slit
,
snip
,
split
,
sunder
,
tear
,
whittle
chip in
collapse
related words >
acknowledge
,
be enfranchised
,
be implicated in
,
bear a hand
,
bear the expense
,
break in
,
chime in
,
come through
,
contribute
,
contribute to
,
cut in
,
defray
,
defray expenses
,
donate to
,
enter into
,
finance
,
foot the bill
,
fund
,
gift
,
gift with
,
give to
,
go Dutch
,
go into
,
have suffrage
,
help decide
,
honor a bill
,
interrupt
,
join
,
join in
,
kick in
,
make the scene
,
partake
,
partake of
,
participate
,
participate in
,
pay for
,
pay the bill
,
pay the piper
,
pitch in
,
pledge
,
pull an oar
,
put in
,
redeem
,
sit in
,
sit in on
,
stand the costs
,
subscribe
,
sweeten the kitty
,
take part in
,
vote
devaluate
collapse
related words >
beat down
,
break
,
cheapen
,
circulate
,
cut
,
cut prices
,
decline
,
decry
,
deflate
,
demonetize
,
depreciate
,
devalue
,
dive
,
fall
,
fall in price
,
give way
,
issue
,
jew down
,
lower
,
mark down
,
nose-dive
,
pare
,
plummet
,
plunge
,
reduce
,
reissue
,
remonetize
,
revalue
,
sag
,
shave
,
slash
,
slump
,
trim
,
underrate
,
undervalue
,
utter
,
write
,
write off
bisect
collapse
cut in half or cut in two; "bisect a line"
related words >
amputate
,
average
,
ax
,
bifurcate
,
branch
,
butcher
,
by two
,
carve
,
chop
,
cleave
,
cut
,
cut away
,
cut in two
,
cut off
,
dichotomize
,
dimidiate
,
dissever
,
divide
,
double
,
excise
,
fission
,
fissure
,
fold
,
fork
,
gash
,
hack
,
halve
,
hew
,
in half
,
incise
,
jigsaw
,
lance
,
middle
,
pare
,
prune
,
ramify
,
rend
,
rive
,
saw
,
scissor
,
sever
,
slash
,
slice
,
slit
,
snip
,
split
,
split in two
,
subdivide
,
sunder
,
tear
,
transect
,
whittle
scalp
collapse
the skin that covers the top of the head; "they wanted to take his scalp as a trophy"
remove the scalp of; "The enemies were scalped"
sell illegally, as on the black market
related words >
bark
,
be caught short
,
be short
,
belong
,
bucket
,
bucketshop
,
decorticate
,
deposit margin
,
excoriate
,
flay
,
go long
,
hold on
,
make a killing
,
make a scoop
,
margin up
,
miss the market
,
operate
,
overstay the market
,
pare
,
peel
,
play the market
,
plunge
,
pyramid
,
scoop the market
,
skin
,
speculate
,
stag
,
stag the market
,
strip
,
take a flier
,
trade on margin
,
venture
step down
collapse
related words >
abridge
,
amplify
,
charge
,
compress
,
curtail
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
damp
,
dampen
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
deflate
,
depreciate
,
depress
,
diminish
,
downgrade
,
electrify
,
energize
,
galvanize
,
generate
,
lessen
,
loop in
,
lower
,
pare
,
plug in
,
reduce
,
retrench
,
roll back
,
scale down
,
shock
,
short
,
short-circuit
,
shorten
,
simplify
,
step up
,
stiffen
,
switch off
,
switch on
,
take from
,
tune down
,
turn off
,
turn on
whittle
collapse
English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996)
cut small bits or pare shavings from; "whittle a piece of wood"
related words >
amputate
,
ax
,
bisect
,
blade
,
butcher
,
carve
,
chop
,
cleave
,
cold steel
,
cut
,
cut away
,
cut in two
,
cut off
,
cutlery
,
cutter
,
dagger
,
dichotomize
,
dissever
,
edge tools
,
excise
,
fissure
,
gash
,
hack
,
halve
,
hew
,
incise
,
jigsaw
,
knife
,
lance
,
naked steel
,
pare
,
pigsticker
,
point
,
prune
,
puncturer
,
rend
,
rive
,
saw
,
scissor
,
sever
,
sharpener
,
slash
,
slice
,
slit
,
snip
,
split
,
steel
,
sunder
,
sword
,
tear
,
toad sticker
finance
collapse
the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
the management of money and credit and banking and investments
the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets
obtain or provide money for; "Can we finance the addition to our home?"
sell or provide on credit
related words >
accounting
,
acknowledge
,
afford support
,
aid
,
angel
,
assets
,
assist
,
back
,
bank
,
banking
,
bankroll
,
bear
,
bear out
,
bear the expense
,
bear up
,
bolster
,
bolster up
,
business
,
buttress
,
capital
,
capitalize
,
cash
,
chip in
,
commerce
,
crutch
,
defray
,
defray expenses
,
economics
,
finances
,
foot the bill
,
fund
,
funds
,
give support
,
go Dutch
,
grubstake
,
help
,
hold up
,
holdings
,
honor a bill
,
invest in
,
investment
,
keep
,
lend support
,
maintain
,
money
,
patronize
,
pay for
,
pay the bill
,
pay the bills
,
pay the piper
,
pension
,
pension off
,
promote
,
prop
,
prop up
,
provide for
,
redeem
,
refinance
,
reinforce
,
resources
,
set up
,
shore
,
shore up
,
sponsor
,
stake
,
stand the costs
,
subsidize
,
subvene
,
subvention
,
subventionize
,
support
,
sustain
,
undergird
,
underwrite
,
upbear
,
uphold
,
upkeep
,
wealth
,
wherewithal
extirpate
collapse
surgically remove (an organ)
related words >
abate
,
abolish
,
abscind
,
amputate
,
annihilate
,
ban
,
bar
,
blot
,
bob
,
clip
,
crop
,
cull
,
cut
,
cut away
,
cut off
,
cut out
,
deracinate
,
dock
,
eliminate
,
enucleate
,
eradicate
,
except
,
excise
,
exclude
,
exterminate
,
extinguish
,
isolate
,
knock off
,
liquidate
,
lop
,
mutilate
,
nip
,
pare
,
peel
,
pick out
,
prune
,
purge
,
remove
,
root out
,
root up
,
rule out
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
shave
,
shear
,
stamp out
,
strike off
,
strip
,
strip off
,
sweep away
,
take off
,
take out
,
truncate
,
uproot
,
wipe out
scrimping
collapse
related words >
Scotch
,
canny
,
careful
,
chary
,
cheeseparing
,
chinchy
,
chintzy
,
conserving
,
cooling
,
cooling down
,
cooling off
,
curtailment
,
cutback
,
economic
,
economization
,
economizing
,
economy
,
economy of assumption
,
economy of means
,
elegance
,
exiguous
,
forehanded
,
frugal
,
frugal to excess
,
frugality
,
infrequent
,
labor-saving
,
law of parsimony
,
low growth rate
,
meager
,
miserly
,
money-saving
,
niggardly
,
overfrugal
,
parsimonious
,
parsimoniousness
,
parsimony
,
penny-wise
,
penny-wise and pound-foolish
,
piddling
,
pinching
,
poor
,
provident
,
prudent
,
prudential
,
rare
,
reduction of expenses
,
reduction of spending
,
retrenchment
,
saving
,
scamping
,
scant
,
scanty
,
scarce
,
scattered
,
scraping
,
scrimpy
,
seldom met with
,
seldom seen
,
skimping
,
skimpy
,
slim
,
slowdown
,
spare
,
sparing
,
sparse
,
spotty
,
sprinkled
,
stingy
,
stinting
,
thin
,
thrifty
,
tight
,
time-saving
,
too frugal
,
unwasteful
retrenchment
collapse
the reduction of expenditures in order to become financial stable
entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense
related words >
abbreviation
,
abridgment
,
abstract
,
apocope
,
arrest
,
arrestation
,
attrition
,
check
,
cheeseparing
,
compression
,
condensation
,
conspectus
,
constraint
,
control
,
cooling
,
cooling down
,
cooling off
,
curb
,
curtailment
,
cut
,
cutback
,
cutting
,
deceleration
,
decrease
,
decrement
,
depletion
,
depreciation
,
derogation
,
detraction
,
diminution
,
dip
,
disparagement
,
economization
,
economizing
,
elision
,
ellipsis
,
epitome
,
extraction
,
foreshortening
,
hindrance
,
impairment
,
inhibition
,
injunction
,
interdict
,
legal restraint
,
lessening
,
low growth rate
,
monopoly
,
precis
,
prohibition
,
protection
,
protectionism
,
protective tariff
,
pullback
,
rationing
,
recap
,
recapitulation
,
reduction
,
reduction of expenses
,
reduction of spending
,
rein
,
remission
,
restraint
,
restraint of trade
,
retardation
,
retraction
,
rollback
,
saving
,
scraping
,
scrimping
,
self-control
,
shortening
,
shrinkage
,
skimping
,
slowdown
,
slowing down
,
sparing
,
summary
,
summation
,
syncope
,
synopsis
,
tariff wall
,
telescoping
,
thought control
,
truncation
halve
collapse
divide by two; divide into halves; "Halve the cake"
related words >
amputate
,
apportion
,
ax
,
be partners in
,
bifurcate
,
bisect
,
branch
,
butcher
,
by two
,
carve
,
chop
,
cleave
,
cooperate
,
cut
,
cut away
,
cut in two
,
cut off
,
dichotomize
,
dimidiate
,
dissever
,
divide
,
divide with
,
divvy up with
,
excise
,
fission
,
fissure
,
fork
,
gash
,
go even stephen
,
go fifty-fifty
,
go halvers
,
go halves
,
go shares
,
hack
,
hew
,
in half
,
incise
,
jigsaw
,
lance
,
pare
,
prune
,
ramify
,
rend
,
rive
,
saw
,
scissor
,
sever
,
share
,
share in
,
slash
,
slice
,
slit
,
snip
,
split
,
split in two
,
split the difference
,
subdivide
,
sunder
,
tear
,
transect
,
whittle
cheeseparing
collapse
giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"
related words >
Scotch
,
canny
,
careful
,
chary
,
cheap
,
chinchy
,
chintzy
,
close
,
closefisted
,
conserving
,
cooling
,
cooling down
,
cooling off
,
curtailment
,
cutback
,
economic
,
economization
,
economizing
,
economy
,
economy of assumption
,
economy of means
,
elegance
,
exiguous
,
forehanded
,
frugal
,
frugal to excess
,
frugality
,
grudging
,
illiberal
,
infrequent
,
labor-saving
,
law of parsimony
,
low growth rate
,
meager
,
mean
,
miserly
,
money-saving
,
niggardly
,
overfrugal
,
parsimonious
,
parsimoniousness
,
parsimony
,
penny-pinching
,
penny-wise
,
penny-wise and pound-foolish
,
penurious
,
piddling
,
pinching
,
poor
,
provident
,
prudent
,
prudential
,
rare
,
reduction of expenses
,
reduction of spending
,
retrenchment
,
saving
,
scamping
,
scant
,
scanty
,
scarce
,
scattered
,
scraping
,
scrimping
,
scrimpy
,
seldom met with
,
seldom seen
,
shabby
,
skimping
,
skimpy
,
slim
,
slowdown
,
spare
,
sparing
,
sparse
,
spotty
,
sprinkled
,
stingy
,
stinting
,
thin
,
thrifty
,
tight
,
tightfisted
,
time-saving
,
too frugal
,
unwasteful
stamp out
collapse
end or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!"
related words >
abscind
,
amputate
,
annihilate
,
ban
,
bar
,
blow out
,
bob
,
choke
,
clip
,
crop
,
cull
,
cut
,
cut away
,
cut off
,
cut out
,
damp
,
dock
,
douse
,
eliminate
,
enucleate
,
eradicate
,
except
,
excise
,
exclude
,
exterminate
,
extinguish
,
extirpate
,
isolate
,
knock off
,
lop
,
mutilate
,
nip
,
out
,
pare
,
peel
,
pick out
,
prune
,
put down
,
put out
,
quash
,
quell
,
quench
,
root out
,
rule out
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
shave
,
shear
,
silence
,
slack
,
smother
,
snuff
,
snuff out
,
squash
,
squelch
,
stifle
,
strangle
,
strike off
,
strip
,
strip off
,
suffocate
,
suppress
,
take off
,
take out
,
trample out
,
trample underfoot
,
truncate
,
wipe out
amputate
collapse
remove surgically; "amputate limbs"
related words >
abscind
,
annihilate
,
ax
,
ban
,
bar
,
bisect
,
bob
,
butcher
,
carve
,
chop
,
cleave
,
clip
,
crop
,
cull
,
cut
,
cut away
,
cut in two
,
cut off
,
cut out
,
dichotomize
,
dissever
,
dock
,
eliminate
,
enucleate
,
eradicate
,
except
,
excise
,
exclude
,
extinguish
,
extirpate
,
fissure
,
gash
,
hack
,
halve
,
hew
,
incise
,
isolate
,
jigsaw
,
knock off
,
lance
,
lop
,
mutilate
,
nip
,
pare
,
peel
,
pick out
,
prune
,
rend
,
rive
,
root out
,
rule out
,
saw
,
scissor
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
sever
,
shave
,
shear
,
slash
,
slice
,
slit
,
snip
,
split
,
stamp out
,
strike off
,
strip
,
strip off
,
sunder
,
take off
,
take out
,
tear
,
truncate
,
whittle
,
wipe out
take from
collapse
related words >
abate
,
abrade
,
abridge
,
abstract
,
bate
,
belittle
,
bereave
,
bleed
,
compress
,
curtail
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
cut off
,
damp
,
dampen
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
deflate
,
depreciate
,
depress
,
deprive
,
deprive of
,
derogate
,
detract
,
detract from
,
diminish
,
disentitle
,
disparage
,
divest
,
downgrade
,
drain
,
ease one of
,
eat away
,
erode
,
extract
,
file away
,
impair
,
leach
,
lessen
,
lighten one of
,
lower
,
milk
,
mine
,
minimize
,
pare
,
purify
,
reduce
,
refine
,
remove
,
retrench
,
roll back
,
rub away
,
scale down
,
shorten
,
simplify
,
step down
,
subduct
,
subtract
,
take away
,
take away from
,
tap
,
thin
,
thin out
,
tune down
,
wear away
,
weed
,
withdraw
,
write off
flay
collapse
strip the skin off
related words >
assail
,
attack
,
bark
,
berate
,
bleed
,
bleed white
,
blister
,
castigate
,
decorticate
,
defoliate
,
denude
,
deplume
,
despoil
,
dismember
,
displume
,
divest
,
drain
,
draw and quarter
,
dry
,
excoriate
,
exhaust
,
fleece
,
fustigate
,
impoverish
,
lacerate
,
lash
,
maim
,
mangle
,
milk
,
mutilate
,
pare
,
peel
,
pick clean
,
pick to pieces
,
pluck
,
pull apart
,
roast
,
scalp
,
scarify
,
scathe
,
scorch
,
scourge
,
shear
,
shred
,
skin
,
skin alive
,
slash
,
strip
,
strip bare
,
suck dry
,
take apart
,
tear apart
,
tear to pieces
,
tear to tatters
,
tongue-lash
,
trounce
rive
collapse
related words >
amputate
,
ax
,
bisect
,
breach
,
break
,
broach
,
butcher
,
carve
,
check
,
chink
,
chop
,
cleave
,
crack
,
crevasse
,
cut
,
cut apart
,
cut away
,
cut in two
,
cut off
,
cut open
,
dichotomize
,
dispart
,
dissever
,
ditch
,
divaricate
,
divide
,
excise
,
fissure
,
fly open
,
fracture
,
furrow
,
gap
,
gash
,
groove
,
hack
,
halve
,
hew
,
incise
,
jigsaw
,
lance
,
lay open
,
ope
,
open
,
open up
,
pare
,
part
,
prune
,
rend
,
rent
,
rift
,
rip
,
rupture
,
saw
,
scissor
,
separate
,
sever
,
slash
,
slice
,
slit
,
slot
,
snip
,
split
,
spread
,
spread out
,
spring open
,
sunder
,
swing open
,
tap
,
tear
,
tear open
,
throw open
,
trench
,
whittle
deduct
collapse
related words >
abate
,
abrade
,
abridge
,
abstract
,
allow
,
bate
,
charge off
,
collect
,
compress
,
conclude
,
curtail
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
damp
,
dampen
,
decrease
,
deduce
,
deflate
,
depreciate
,
depress
,
derive
,
derogate
,
detract
,
diminish
,
discount
,
disparage
,
downgrade
,
drain
,
draw
,
draw back
,
eat away
,
erode
,
extract
,
file away
,
gather
,
impair
,
judge
,
kick back
,
knock off
,
leach
,
lessen
,
lower
,
make
,
make allowance
,
make out
,
pare
,
purify
,
rebate
,
reduce
,
refine
,
refund
,
remove
,
retrench
,
roll back
,
rub away
,
scale down
,
shorten
,
simplify
,
step down
,
subduct
,
subtract
,
take
,
take a premium
,
take away
,
take from
,
take off
,
take out
,
thin
,
thin out
,
tune down
,
wear away
,
weed
,
withdraw
,
write off
sunder
collapse
break apart or in two, using violence
related words >
amputate
,
atomize
,
ax
,
bisect
,
break to pieces
,
break up
,
butcher
,
carve
,
chop
,
cleave
,
cut
,
cut away
,
cut in two
,
cut off
,
demolish
,
dichotomize
,
disassemble
,
disintegrate
,
disjoin
,
disjoint
,
dismantle
,
dissect
,
dissever
,
disunite
,
divide
,
divorce
,
excise
,
fissure
,
fragment
,
gash
,
hack
,
halve
,
hew
,
incise
,
jigsaw
,
lance
,
make mincemeat of
,
pare
,
part
,
pick to pieces
,
prune
,
pull in pieces
,
pull to pieces
,
pulverize
,
reduce to rubble
,
rend
,
rive
,
saw
,
scissor
,
sever
,
shatter
,
slash
,
slice
,
slit
,
smash
,
snip
,
split
,
take apart
,
tear
,
tear apart
,
tear to pieces
,
tear to shreds
,
tear to tatters
,
total
,
unbuild
,
undo
,
unmake
,
whittle
,
wrack up
,
wreck
skimping
collapse
related words >
Scotch
,
canny
,
careful
,
chary
,
cheeseparing
,
chinchy
,
chintzy
,
conserving
,
cooling
,
cooling down
,
cooling off
,
culpably negligent
,
curtailment
,
cutback
,
derelict
,
economic
,
economization
,
economizing
,
economy
,
economy of assumption
,
economy of means
,
elegance
,
exiguous
,
forehanded
,
frugal
,
frugal to excess
,
frugality
,
inadvertent
,
inattentive
,
infrequent
,
labor-saving
,
laissez-faire
,
law of parsimony
,
lax
,
loose
,
low growth rate
,
meager
,
miserly
,
money-saving
,
neglectful
,
neglecting
,
negligent
,
niggardly
,
noninterfering
,
nonrestrictive
,
off-guard
,
overfrugal
,
overly permissive
,
parsimonious
,
parsimoniousness
,
parsimony
,
penny-wise
,
penny-wise and pound-foolish
,
permissive
,
piddling
,
pinching
,
poor
,
procrastinating
,
provident
,
prudent
,
prudential
,
rare
,
reduction of expenses
,
reduction of spending
,
relaxed
,
remiss
,
retrenchment
,
saving
,
scamping
,
scant
,
scanty
,
scarce
,
scattered
,
scraping
,
scrimping
,
scrimpy
,
seldom met with
,
seldom seen
,
skimpy
,
slack
,
slighting
,
slim
,
slowdown
,
slurring
,
spare
,
sparing
,
sparse
,
spotty
,
sprinkled
,
stingy
,
stinting
,
thin
,
thrifty
,
tight
,
time-saving
,
too frugal
,
uncircumspect
,
unguarded
,
unrigorous
,
unwary
,
unwasteful
,
unwatchful
cheapen
collapse
related words >
adulterate
,
alloy
,
bargain
,
beat down
,
bid
,
bid for
,
break
,
canker
,
chaffer
,
coarsen
,
confound
,
contaminate
,
corrupt
,
cut
,
cut prices
,
debase
,
debauch
,
decline
,
decry
,
defile
,
deflate
,
deflower
,
degenerate
,
degrade
,
denature
,
deprave
,
depreciate
,
desecrate
,
despoil
,
devaluate
,
devalue
,
dicker
,
distort
,
dive
,
downgrade
,
drive a bargain
,
fall
,
fall in price
,
give way
,
haggle
,
higgle
,
huckster
,
infect
,
jew down
,
lower
,
mark down
,
misuse
,
negotiate
,
nose-dive
,
outbid
,
pare
,
pervert
,
plummet
,
plunge
,
poison
,
pollute
,
prostitute
,
ravage
,
ravish
,
reduce
,
sag
,
shave
,
slash
,
slump
,
taint
,
trim
,
twist
,
ulcerate
,
underbid
,
undervalue
,
violate
,
vitiate
,
vulgarize
,
warp
,
write down
,
write off
truncate
collapse
terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off; "a truncate leaf"; "truncated volcanic mountains"; "a truncated pyramid"
make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"
approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one; "truncate a series"
replace a corner by a plane
related words >
abbreviate
,
abridge
,
abscind
,
abstract
,
amputate
,
annihilate
,
ban
,
bar
,
blemish
,
bob
,
boil down
,
capsulize
,
clip
,
compress
,
condense
,
contract
,
crop
,
cull
,
curtail
,
cut
,
cut away
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
cut off
,
cut off short
,
cut out
,
cut short
,
deface
,
deform
,
disfigure
,
disproportion
,
dock
,
elide
,
eliminate
,
enucleate
,
epitomize
,
eradicate
,
except
,
excise
,
exclude
,
extinguish
,
extirpate
,
foreshorten
,
isolate
,
knock off
,
lop
,
mar
,
misshape
,
mow
,
mutilate
,
nip
,
pare
,
peel
,
pick out
,
poll
,
pollard
,
prune
,
reap
,
recap
,
recapitulate
,
reduce
,
retrench
,
root out
,
rule out
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
shave
,
shear
,
shorten
,
snub
,
stamp out
,
strike off
,
strip
,
strip off
,
stunt
,
sum up
,
summarize
,
synopsize
,
take in
,
take off
,
take out
,
telescope
,
top
,
trim
,
wipe out
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