(n): the property of being of short temporal extent
(n): the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation
(n): the act of controlling by restraining someone or something
(n): the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable
(n): an act of economizing; reduction in cost
In wordplay, a deletion of the last letter in a word to form another word: e.g., hate --> hat.
--Chris Cole, Wordplay