Profits are in a free fall, and companies are slashing spending on new equipment and hacking away at payrolls.
Financial and business terms. 2012.
hack — hack1 [hæk] v [: Old English; Origin: haccian] 1.) [I and T] to cut something roughly or violently hack (away) at sth ▪ She hacked away at the ice, trying to make a hole. hack sth off/down etc ▪ Whole forests have been hacked down. hack your way… … Dictionary of contemporary English
hack — 1 verb 1 (intransitive always + adv/prep, transitive always + adv prep) to cut something into pieces roughly or violently: hack away/at etc: She hacked away at the ice, trying to make a hole. | hack sth into/through etc: We had to hack a path… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
hack — ▪ I. hack hack 2 noun [countable] JOBS 1. a writer who does a lot of low quality work, especially writing newspaper articles 2. informal a taxi, or someone whose job is to drive a taxi [m0] ▪ II. hack hack 1 … Financial and business terms
hack — verb ADVERB ▪ away, off ▪ They hacked away at the dense vegetation. ▪ We hacked off the dead branches. PREPOSITION ▪ at … Collocations dictionary
way — noun 1 method/style ADJECTIVE ▪ convenient, easy, effective, efficient, good, ideal, practical, quick, simple, useful … Collocations dictionary
