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.
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word curtail. Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: restrict, curtail, curb, cut back(verb) place restrictions on. curtail drinking in school. clip, curtail, cut short(verb) terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent. My speech was cut short; Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries.