to gradually reduce something, especially the amount of money that is spent, by giving everything less money, rather than by deciding what is important and what is not
The speakersaid that ‘salami-slicing’ services would not work.
Synonyms and related words
To reduce something
cut back
cut down
reduce
derived word
salami-slicing
noun
Synonyms and related words
To reduce something
cut back
cut down
reduce
salami-slice
verb intransitive/transitive
US /səˈlɑmiˌslaɪs/
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/they
salami-slice
he/she/it
salami-slices
present participle
salami-slicing
past tense
salami-sliced
past participle
salami-sliced
DEFINITIONS1
1
to gradually reduce something, especially an amount of money that is spent, by giving everything less money, rather than deciding what is important and what is not
The speakersaid that “salami-slicing” services would not work.