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cost-cut

[ kawst-kuht, kost- ]

/ ˈkɔstˌkʌt, ˈkɒst- /

verb (used with object), cost-cut, cost-cut·ting.

to reduce the cost of: to cost-cut expenditures.

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Nearby words

cost unit, cost, insurance, and freight, cost-, cost-account, cost-benefit, cost-cut, cost-effective, cost-efficient, cost-justify, cost-of-living adjustment, cost-of-living allowance

Origin of cost-cut

First recorded in 1970–75

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