Related Words for cut costs

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abate
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Verb, Noun
abatement
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Noun
abbreviate
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Verb, Adjective, Noun
abolished
x/x
Verb
above
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun
abridge
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Verb, Noun
acceptable
x/xx
Adjective
adjourned
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Adjective
adjournment
x/x
Noun
alienated
/xxxx
Adjective
alleviate
x/xx
Verb
allowances
x/xx
Noun
amounts
x/
Noun, Verb
amputated
/xxx
Adjective
arrest
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Noun, Verb
arrow
/x
Noun, Verb
assembling
x/xx
Noun
assigns
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Verb, Noun
associated
x/xxx
Adjective
austerity
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Noun
awards
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Noun
axe
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Noun, Verb
backs
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Noun
band
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Noun, Verb
beaker
/x
Noun
beheaded
x/x
Adjective
bend
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Noun, Verb
benefits
/xx
Noun
bevel
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bills
/
Noun
bitten
/x
Noun
blackout
/x
Noun, Verb
bleed
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Verb, Noun
blended
/x
Adjective
blocked
/
Adjective
blood
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Noun, Verb
blow
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
bob
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Name, Verb, Adjective
bore
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Verb, Noun
bouquet
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Noun
bowl
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Noun, Verb
break
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Verb, Noun
break off
//
Phrase, Verb
breeze
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Noun, Verb
bring down
//
Phrase, Verb
brisket
/x
Noun
brunt
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Noun, Verb
burdens
/x
Noun
carve
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Verb, Noun
cast
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
castrated
/xx
Adjective
chamfer
/x
Noun, Verb
charges
/x
Verb
chase
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Noun, Verb
chatter
/x
Noun, Verb
check
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
chilly
/x
Adjective, Noun
chine
/
Noun, Verb
chip
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Noun, Verb
chop
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Noun, Verb
chop up
//
Phrase, Verb
clear
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
cleavage
/x
Noun
cleaved
/
Adjective
clip
/
Noun, Verb
coastlines
/x
Verb
coasts
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Verb
coats
/
Noun
cold shoulder
//x
Phrase, Noun, Verb
compare
x/
Verb, Noun
compress
/x
Verb, Noun
compression
x/x
Noun
compute
x/
Verb, Noun
concentrate
/xx
Verb, Noun
condense
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Verb, Adjective
consequences
/xxx
Noun
contract
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
contraction
x/x
Noun
cool
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
cortes
/
Name
cost
/
Noun, Verb
costa
/x
Name
costly
/x
Adjective
coupe
/
Noun
court
/
Noun, Verb
crack
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
cradle
/x
Noun, Verb
crop
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Noun, Verb
crosscut
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Noun, Verb
crosses
/x
Verb
crossover
/xx
Noun, Adjective
cube
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Noun, Verb
cumulative
/xxx
Adjective
cups
/
Noun
curb
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Noun, Verb
curtail
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Verb, Noun
curtailment
x/x
Noun
curve
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cut across
/x/
Phrase, Verb
cut back
//
Phrase, Verb
cut down
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
cut off
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
cut out
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
cut short
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
cut up
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
cutbacks
/x
Noun
cutoff
/x
Noun, Adjective
cutout
/x
Noun
cuts
/
Noun
cutter
/x
Noun
cutting off
/x/
Phrase, Noun
damages
/xx
Noun
danced
/
Noun
dead
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
dear
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
debited
/xx
Verb
decide
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Verb
decline
x/
Noun, Verb
decrease
x/
Noun, Verb
deep
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
defensible
x/xx
Adjective
deflate
x/
Verb
delete
x/
Verb, Noun
deletion
x/x
Noun
denomination
xxx/x
Noun
deny
x/
Verb
depreciating
x/xxx
Adjective
deprive
x/
Verb
detach
x/
Verb
detract
x/
Verb
deviation
xx/x
Noun
dice
/
Noun, Verb
dilute
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Verb, Adjective, Noun
diminish
x/x
Verb
diminution
xx/x
Noun
disadvantages
xx/xx
Noun
disbursements
x/x
Noun
disconnect
xx/
Noun, Verb
disconnection
xx/x
Noun
discontinue
xx/x
Verb
discount
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
disengaged
xx/
Adjective
disposed
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Adjective
disregard
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Noun, Verb
disrupt
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Verb, Adjective
dissect
x/
Verb
dissection
x/x
Noun
divide
x/
Verb, Noun
dock
/
Noun, Verb
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
downgraded
//x
Adjective
downsize
/x
Verb
downturn
/x
Noun, Verb
drags
/
Verb
drape
/
Noun, Verb
draw
/
Verb, Noun
drawdown
/x
Noun
dried
/
Adjective
drill
/
Noun, Verb
driveway
/x
Noun
drop
/
Noun, Verb
dues
/
Noun
ease
/
Noun, Verb
economies
x/xx
Noun
edit
/x
Noun, Verb
edit out
/x/
Phrase, Verb
eliminate
x/xx
Verb
emasculated
x/xxx
Adjective
estimates
/xx
Adjective
excavated
/xxx
Verb
excavation
xx/x
Noun
exorbitant
x/xx
Adjective
expenditures
x/xx
Noun
expenses
x/x
Noun
fall
/
Verb, Noun
fares
/
Noun
fees
/
Noun
fei
/
Name
felled
/
Verb
fig
/
Name, Verb
financial
x/x
Adjective
finger
/x
Noun, Verb
fired
/x
Adjective
fitted
/x
Adjective, Noun
fixture
/x
Noun, Verb
flaw
/
Noun, Verb
forecast
/x
Noun, Verb
frame
/
Noun, Verb
fresh
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
funds
/
Noun
furrow
/x
Noun, Verb
gash
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
generalizable
/xx/xx
Adjective
glass
/
Noun, Verb
goblet
/x
Noun
gore
/
Noun, Verb
grind
/
Verb, Noun
hack
/
Noun, Verb
hair
/
Noun, Verb
haircut
/x
Noun, Verb
hairdo
/x
Noun
hairline
/x
Noun, Adjective
hairstyle
/x
Noun
half
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
halt
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
halving
/x
Noun
hand
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Noun, Verb
harvest
/x
Noun, Verb
hefty
/x
Adjective, Noun
hew
/
Name, Verb
hob
/
Noun, Verb
hourly
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
hurt
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
icebox
/x
Noun, Adjective
ignore
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Verb
impassable
x/xx
Adjective
implicit
x/x
Adjective
incidentals
xx/x
Noun
incision
x/x
Noun
increasing
x/x
Adjective, Noun
incurred
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Verb
indent
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Noun, Verb
inflate
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Verb
injured
/x
Adjective
injury
/xx
Noun, Verb
instalment
x/x
Noun
interrupt
xx/
Verb, Noun
intersects
xx/
Verb, Noun
intruded
x/x
Adjective
investments
x/x
Noun
isolated
/xxx
Adjective
issue
/x
Noun, Verb
itemized
/xx
Adjective, Verb
jacket
/x
Noun, Verb
jag
/
Noun, Verb
jammed
/
Adjective
jerky
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
joint
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
judicially
x/xx
Adverb
kill
/
Verb, Noun
knife
/
Noun, Verb
knock
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Verb, Noun
knock off
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
laced
/
Adjective
leg
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
less
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
lessen
/x
Verb
liabilities
xx/xx
Noun
lighten
/x
Verb
limit
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
line
/
Noun, Verb
loadings
/x
Noun
loads
/
Adverb
logged
/
Verb
loin
/
Noun
looped
/
Adjective
lop
/
Noun, Verb
loss
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Noun, Verb
losses
/x
Noun
lowers
/x
Noun
make out
//
Phrase, Verb
manhattan
x/x
Name
manicure
/xx
Noun, Verb
maroon
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
meat
/
Noun
milled
/
Adjective
minimise
/xx
Verb
minimization
/xx/x
Noun
mitigate
/xx
Verb
montage
x/
Noun, Verb
mortise
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Noun, Verb
mow
/
Verb, Noun
mullet
/x
Noun
mutilation
xx/x
Noun
narrow
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
neat
/
Adjective, Noun
neck
/
Noun, Verb
nick
/
Name, Verb
nip
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
nip off
//
Phrase, Verb
notch
/
Noun, Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
ouch
/
Noun, Verb
outage
/x
Noun
outlays
/x
Noun
overheads
/xx
Noun
pain
/
Noun, Verb
paper
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
pare
/
Verb
part
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
particulars
x/xx
Noun
payments
/x
Noun
pays
/
Noun
peel
/
Noun, Verb
peel off
//
Phrase, Verb
pieces
/x
Verb
pierced
/
Adjective
pink
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
pit
/
Noun, Verb
plane
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
planned
/
Adjective
poverty
/xx
Noun
premiums
/xx
Noun
prices
/x
Noun
primal
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
prix
/
Verb
prizes
/x
Noun
prohibitive
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
prune
/
Noun, Verb
pull
/
Verb, Noun
punctured
/x
Adjective
quit
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
rack
/
Noun, Verb
rates
/
Noun
rationalize
/xxx
Verb
rebate
/x
Noun, Verb
reduces
x/x
Verb
reductions
x/x
Verb
relieve
x/
Verb
remove
x/
Verb, Noun
requirements
x/x
Noun
resign
x/
Verb
restrict
x/
Verb, Adjective
restriction
x/x
Noun
retired
x/
Adjective
retouched
x/
Verb, Adjective
retracted
x/x
Adjective
retrenchment
x/x
Noun
rez
/
Noun, Verb
rib
/
Noun, Verb
rip
/
Verb, Name
risks
/
Noun
roadster
/x
Noun
roast
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
roll
/
Noun, Verb
rough
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
ruptured
/x
Adjective
saber
/x
Noun, Verb
sabre
/x
Noun, Verb
saddle
/x
Noun, Verb
savings
/x
Noun
saw
/
Verb, Noun
schism
/x
Noun
scission
/x
Noun
scissors
/x
Noun
scrape
/
Verb, Noun
scrapped
/
Verb
scratch
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
seam
/
Noun, Verb
section
/x
Noun, Verb
separated
/xxx
Adjective
services
/xx
Noun
set
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
severance
/xx
Noun
severs
/x
Noun, Verb
shank
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
shaped
/
Adjective
share
/
Noun, Verb
sharps
/
Noun
shave
/
Verb, Noun
shear
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
sheer
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
shin
/
Noun, Verb
shores
/
Noun
short
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
shorten
/x
Verb, Noun
shredded
/x
Adjective
shrink
/
Verb, Noun
shut
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
side
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
simple
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
simplistic
x/x
Adjective
sirloin
//
Noun
size
/
Noun, Verb
skip
/
Verb, Noun
sky
/
Noun, Verb
slab
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
slant
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
slashes
/x
Noun, Verb
slaughter
/x
Noun, Verb
slew
/
Noun, Verb
slice
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
slit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
snub
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
spare
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
spend
/
Verb, Noun
split
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
stands
/
Verb, Noun
steak
/
Noun, Verb
stinger
/x
Noun
stop
/
Verb, Noun
straightforward
//x
Adverb, Adjective
streamline
/x
Verb, Noun
strike
/
Noun, Verb
style
/
Noun, Verb
suppressed
x/
Adjective
suspend
x/
Verb
suspension
x/x
Noun
swerve
/
Verb, Noun
swing
/
Noun, Verb
switch off
//
Phrase, Verb
switch on
//
Phrase, Verb
switching
/x
Noun
tabs
/
Noun
tail
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
tailor
/x
Noun, Verb
takes
/
Verb
tap
/
Verb, Noun
tariffs
/x
Noun
tear
/
Verb, Noun
tenderloin
/xx
Noun
terminated
/xxx
Adjective
terrific
x/x
Adjective
thin
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
thrall
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
threshold
/x
Noun
throat
/
Noun, Verb
through
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
thumb
/
Noun, Verb
timber
/x
Noun, Verb
tolls
/
Noun
tomahawk
/xx
Noun, Verb
total
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
tranche
/
Noun, Verb
transected
/xx
Verb
trench
/
Noun, Verb
trend
/
Noun, Verb
trims
/
Noun, Verb
trophy
/x
Noun, Verb
tugged
/
Verb
tuition
x/x
Noun
turn
/
Verb, Noun
turn off
//
Phrase, Verb
turn on
//
Phrase, Verb
turn out
//
Phrase, Verb
unambiguous
xx/xx
Adjective
unclear
x/
Adjective, Verb
uncontroversial
xxx/x
Adjective
uncut
x/
Adjective
undercut
/xx
Verb, Adjective, Noun
undo
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
unequivocal
xx/xx
Adjective
veer
/
Verb, Noun
volatility
xx/xx
Noun
warp
/
Noun, Verb
water down
/x/
Phrase, Verb
weakened
/x
Adjective
wet
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
whittle
/x
Noun, Verb
withdraw
x/
Verb, Noun
withdrawal
x/x
Noun
wood
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
wound
/
Noun, Verb
write out
//
Phrase, Verb
yaw
/
Noun, Verb