to gradually reduce or stop expenditure
постепенно сокращать или прекращать расходы (postepenno sokrashchat' ili prekrashchat' raskhody)
"The finance department aims to wind down spending as the fiscal year ends."
"Финансовый отдел стремится постепенно сокращать расходы по мере завершения финансового года." (Finansovyy otdel stremitsya postepenno sokrashchat' raskhody po mere zaversheniya finansovogo goda.)
to reduce the amount of time or effort spent on work
to stop being overly aggressive or involved in an argument
to attend or participate in an event
to recover or become healthy again after injury
to make time, space, or resources available for use
to reply rudely; to argue with authority
