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.
v. supÂ·pressed, supÂ·pressÂ·ing, supÂ·pressÂ·es. To curtail or inhibit the activity of something, such as the immune system. To deliberately exclude unacceptable desires or thoughts from the mind. To reduce the incidence or severity of a condition or symptom, such as a hemorrhage.