salami-slice

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈlɑːmi ˌslaɪs/

Verb

salami-slice (third-person singular simple present salami-slic, present participle ed, simple past and past participle salami-sliced)

1. To engage in salami slicing.
   • 2018, The Observer, The Observer view on the budget and the decade of austerity, 28 October :

     In the last few years, as the cuts have really started to bite, austerity has morphed from theoretical Whitehall discussions about how best to salami-slice departmental budgets into the reality of people’s everyday lives.