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.
The definition of curt is a statement, response or reply that is very short and potentially rude. An example of curt is when someone asks how your day was and you snap fine!. Archaic short or shortened. brief, esp. to the point of rudeness; terse or brusque: a curt reply.