Curbs Government Noun Bre Kɜːb Kɜːrb Spending Companies

• curbs on government spending
• many companies have imposed curbs on smoking in the workplace.
• we are in favour of strict curbs on government spending.
• the bus mounted the curb (= went onto the sidewalk / pavement) and hit a tree.

curb

1. something that controls and puts limits on something
• curbs on government spending
• Many companies have imposed curbs on smoking in the workplace.
• We are in favour of strict curbs on government spending.
2. the edge of the raised path at the side of a road, usually made of long pieces of stone
• See related entries: Features of roads
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/features_of_roads/curb
• The bus mounted the curb (= went onto the sidewalk / pavement) and hit a tree.

Word Origin

• late 15th cent. (denoting a strap fastened to the bit): from Old French courber ‘bend, bow’, from Latin curvare ‘to bend’, from curvus ‘bent’.