What is another word for curtailments?

Pronunciation: [kɜːtˈe͡ɪlmənts] (IPA)

Curtailments refer to the act of reducing or cutting back on something. Synonyms for the word include cutbacks, reductions, decreases, trimming, economizing and austerity measures. Cutbacks imply a reduction in spending, while reductions or decreases suggest a decrease in quantity or size of something. Trimming is a term used to signify the removal of non-essential items or costs. Economizing refers to saving money by avoiding unnecessary expenses or wastefulness. Austerity measures refer to a government's effort to reduce its budget deficit, usually through a variety of spending cuts and tax increases. Whatever synonym is chosen, curtailments are often necessary when resources are limited or when it's necessary to balance a budget.

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Usage examples for Curtailments

There was no alternative but their entire preservation or their entire suppression; for any arbitrary alterations or curtailments would have been liable to objection or censure.
"A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume I."
R. Dodsley
The cutting off of buttons and extra parts of our clothing, as well as the shaving of our heads and faces, was also included by our friends in the list of curtailments.
"Across Asia on a Bicycle"
Thomas Gaskell Allen and William Lewis Sachtleben
The more I see and hear of it the stronger my perception grows of its defects, which, I think, are rendered even more glaring by the curtailments and alterations necessary for its representation; and the whole thing distresses me as much as such a thing can.
"Records of a Girlhood"
Frances Ann Kemble

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