Synonyms: curtailment, downsizing, retrenchment
Definition: the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable
Similar words: saving, economy
Definition: an act of economizing; reduction in cost
Usage: it was a small economy to walk to work every day; there was a saving of 50 cents
Synonyms: curtailment, suppression
Definition: the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation
Usage: a suppression of the newspaper
Similar words: restraint
Definition: the act of controlling by restraining someone or something
Usage: the unlawful restraint of trade
Synonyms: curtailment
Definition: the temporal property of being cut short
Similar words: shortness
Definition: the property of being of short temporal extent
Usage: the shortness of air travel time