| Allg. |
draw in one's expenditures; reduce costs (smb.'s income, the output, supplies, the length of a lecture, the term of imprisonment, smb.'s chances, etc., и т.д.); contract expenses; cut down one's expenses (the rations, the staff, a story, one's consumption, etc., и т.д.); draw bridle; tighten the purse strings; keep down expenses; pare and prune expenses; reduce expenditure; pare down expenses (MSN Money Toughguy); cut back on spending (Svetlana D); cut expenditure (Svetlana D); cut down (на что-либо – on) |
