cut costs

idiom

: to spend less money
The company has tried to cut costs in several areas.

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Even for a billionaire who was in the comparatively low-budget dictionary business less for profit than for fun, the bottom line mattered, and the pressure to make money and cut costs was inescapable. Stefan Fatsis, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2025 Each new company will be under pressure to cut costs to please Wall Street, reinforcing the very short-term thinking that got Kraft Heinz into trouble in the first place. Hank Cardello, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025 Governments, especially in California, are going to need to automate their processes to cut costs. Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 5 Sep. 2025 That's not enough to build the market as the preliminary designs stand, so all parties will have to look for ways to cut costs on the building design or find other ways to fund the project. Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cut costs

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“Cut costs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cut%20costs. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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