retrenchment
11retrenchment — noun Date: circa 1600 reduction, curtailment; specifically a cutting of expenses …
12retrenchment — /ri trench meuhnt/, n. 1. the act of retrenching; a cutting down or off, as by the reduction of expenses. 2. Fort. an interior work that cuts off a part of a fortification from the rest, and to which a garrison may retreat. [1590 1600; < F… …
13retrenchment — noun /rɪˈtrentʃ.mənt/ a) A defensive entrenchment consisting of a trench and parapet b) A reduction or curtailment; often referring to a business or government agency cutting back operations or laying off workers …
14retrenchment — The cutting away of superfluous tissue. [F. re , back, + trancher, to cut] …
15retrenchment — Synonyms and related words: abbreviation, abridgment, abstract, apocope, arrest, arrestation, attrition, check, cheeseparing, compression, condensation, conspectus, constraint, control, cooling, cooling down, cooling off, curb, curtailment, cut,… …
16retrenchment — (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A reduction] Syn. abatement, decrease, deduction; see reduction 1 . 2. [Thrift] Syn. curtailing, thriftiness, frugality; see economy 2 …
17retrenchment — re trench·ment || rɪ trentʃmÉ™nt n. act of cutting back, curtailment; reduction, diminishment; inner structure that serves as a second line of defense within a fort …
18retrenchment — n. Curtailment, reduction, diminution, abridgment, lessening …
19retrenchment — n 1. reduction, reducing, decrease, decreasing, diminution, diminishing, subtracting, sub duction, subducting, loss, lessening, shortening, contraction, contracting, decline, cutback, rollback, decrement, decrescence, depression, abridgment,… …
20retrenchment — re·trench·ment …
