1. A connection or association: the tie-in between economic hardship and civil strife. 2. a. A media product, such as a book, video game, or movie, that makes use of material presented in another, usually more well-known media product: a video game that was a tie-in to a popular movie.
Definition of curtail. 1  transitive verb. : 2  to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part curtail the power of the executive branch curtail inflation Some school activities are being curtailed due to a lack of funds.
Last month, Morneau launched a 75-day consultation period for three proposed changes: 1  The curtailment of income sprinkling, a method by which business owners shift a portion of income to family members, either through salary or dividends. The curbing of passive investment income, which the government describes as the investment of money left in a corporation, for purposes other than to invest directly in growth.