57 entries under contract topic. ×

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edit(verb, cut, decline, reduce, diminish)
5
bob(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, decrease)
5
telescope(noun, verb, close, cut, restrict)
4
deflate(verb, decline, reduce, diminish, decrease)
4
retrench(verb, cut, decline, reduce, restrain)
3
dock(verb, cut, reduce, restrain, halt)
3
squeeze(verb, close, restrict, crowd)
2
elide(cut, diminish, decrease, curtail)
2
lop(verb, cut, reduce, restrain, halt)
2
put in a nutshell(verb, expression, idiom, cut, reduce)
2
wither
1
belittle(reduce, diminish, lower, lessen)
1
blue pencil(verb, expression, cut, reduce, diminish)
1
cheapen(reduce, diminish, lower, decrease, lessen)
1
chop(verb, cut, reduce, restrain, halt)
1
cut rate(expression, reduce, diminish, lower, decrease)
1
decry(reduce, diminish, lower, decrease, lessen)
1
deprecate(reduce, diminish, lower, decrease, lessen)
1
derogate(reduce, diminish, lower, decrease, lessen)
1
detract(reduce, diminish, lower, decrease, lessen)
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