The stockmarket continues to reward cost-cutting , even if it pares muscle as well as fat .
股市继续回报对成本的削减，即使是它减得不仅是肥肉还有肌肉。
Washington 's market for office space may cool as the federal government pares back its demand for space , and local retailers are grumpy about lost cost-of-living adjustments for federal workers .
To cite one small example , a chain of japanese optometrists pares costs by relaying orders for new lenses to thailand the instant a customer 's eyes have been tested .
