Collocation
reduce costs
Definition
to make expenses lower; to spend less money
'reduce costs' is a common English collocation. to make expenses lower; to spend less money
reduce + costs
“We need to reduce costs without lowering product quality.”
Examples
- The company is trying to _____ costs by switching to cheaper suppliers.
- To _____ costs, we canceled the extra training sessions.
- They _____ costs last year by moving some roles to remote work.
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- If we want to _____ costs, we should renegotiate the lease.
- Management plans to _____ costs while keeping customer service levels high.
- The new software helps us _____ costs by automating routine tasks.
- We’re being asked to _____ costs across every department, not just marketing.
- The board demanded that the CEO _____ costs immediately after profits fell.
- By consolidating shipments, the logistics team managed to _____ costs significantly.
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