0 to control behavior -- tøyle
to curb spending å begrense utgiftene
1 the raised edge of a road -- fortauskant [ masculine ]
2 something which restrains or controls -- bånd, tøyle, kontroll
We’ll have to put a curb on his enthusiasm.
3 a kerb. -- fortauskant
4 to hold back, restrain or control -- legge bånd på, tøyle, styre
While the theatre was to be the bastion of progress, traditional popular festivities such as carnival with its subversive potential for social inversion, were curbed.
The figure suggests that the conditions are fairly permissive and one minister will generally have an incentive to curb his spending.
Apart from official attempts to curb the institution and its actions, partisan control over the institution is therefore an additional risk.
Entry of sheep was banned while curbs like grazing fee were imposed for other cattle.
The paper also offers suggestions on extra disclosures that might help in curbing earnings management.
The counterpoints to the mutability of style were the legal constraints designed to curb the fashion impulse, bridling the sartorial ambitions of non-elites.
Environmental policy, fostered by international agreements, gives a better explanation why pollution curbs downward at high income levels.
Therefore, it appears that inoculative biocontrol programmes should be applied early in spring in order to curb the increasing mealybug density later in summer.
