If inventories were to rise excessively, it could mean cutbacks in production and a loss of jobs.

Ryan's budget proposals "would mean significant cutbacks for education across the board."

For Mr. Pataki and the state, even flat revenue growth will mean politically unpopular cutbacks.

Government support usually means cutbacks and delays, which can increase the cost of a large scientific project by two- to three-fold, Dr. Smith said.

If you mean cutbacks and austerity, well that isn't going to work.

Working off those stockpiles now, in the face of weaker retail sales, means cutbacks in industrial production, at least temporarily.

Budget allocations are fundamentally a zero-sum game: a windfall for one agency or program means cutbacks for another.

And if it means cutbacks in education and environmental protection, people are going to think twice.

European consumers face the realization that their currency crisis may mean cutbacks in their spending.

Familiarly, the reforms have been presented in the bright packaging of choice and value for money; terms which usually end up meaning cutbacks.