cutback

cutback

n.
  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. a return to an earlier scene or story line in a novel, movie, etc.
  3. a sudden switching of directions of a running football player, a surfboarder, etc. (Sports)