Collocation
reduce costs
to make expenses lower; to spend less money
Definition
'reduce costs' is a common English collocation. to make expenses lower; to spend less money
reduce + costs
“We need to reduce costs without cutting quality.”
Examples
- The company is trying to reduce costs by switching to remote meetings.
- We reduced costs last quarter by renegotiating supplier contracts.
- To reduce costs, they replaced paper forms with an online system.
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- Management wants to reduce costs, but staff worry about layoffs.
- If we reduce costs too aggressively, customer service may suffer.
- The hospital reduced costs by standardizing equipment across departments.
- They are reducing costs by automating repetitive tasks in the warehouse.
- The CFO proposed a phased plan to reduce costs while maintaining safety standards.
- After the audit, the nonprofit reduced costs by consolidating its programs and office space.
More verb + plural nouns
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