D defs.my
Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

cutback

· IPA /kˈʌtbˌæk/
01 n. a reduction in quantity or rate; a reduction in the amount of an activity or the funding for an activity; as, cutbacks in government resear…
  1. 1.
    a reduction in quantity or rate; a reduction in the amount of an activity or the funding for an activity; as, cutbacks in government research funding increased unemployment among scientists; the recession caused a cutback in auto production.
  2. 2.
    a return to an earlier scene or story line in a novel, movie, etc.
  3. 3.
    a sudden switching of directions of a running football player, a surfboarder, etc.(Sports)