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.
9 cut short abbreviate, arrest, butt in, curtail, cut in on, dock, halt, interrupt, nip (something) in the bud, reduce, stop, terminate. 10 fall short be inadequate, disappoint, fail, fall down on (informal) not come up to expectations or scratch (informal) 11 in short briefly, in a nutshell, in a word, in essence, to come to the point, to cut a long story short, to put it briefly. 12 short of: a apart from, except, other than, unless. b deficient in, in need of, lacking, low (on), missing, wanting.