Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cost-cutting

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.52 in modern English

Syllables: cost--cut-ting
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of cost cutting; also used attributively

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"a cost-cutting measure"
"Added to these woes was the Treasury's demands for across-the-board train operator cost-cutting of broadly 10%. Passenger rail's slow, patchy and fragile recovery had the stuffing knocked out of it once more."

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does cost-cutting mean?: Alternative form of cost cutting; also used attributively

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