retrenchment – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
retrenchment
n.
act of cutting back, curtailment; reduction, diminishment; inner structure that serves as a second line of defense within a fort
Retrenchment
Retrenchment (, an old form of
retranchement, from
retrancher, to cut down, cut short) is an act of cutting down or reduction, particularly of
public expenditure.
retrenchment
Noun
1. entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense
(hypernym) entrenchment, intrenchment
2. the reduction of expenditures in order to become financial stable
(synonym) curtailment, downsizing
(hypernym) economy, saving
(derivation) retrench
Retrenchment
(n.)
The act or process of retrenching; as, the retrenchment of words in a writing.
(n.)
A work constructed within another, to prolong the defense of the position when the enemy has gained possession of the outer work; or to protect the defenders till they can retreat or obtain terms for a capitulation.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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retrenchment
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, cutback, cutting, deceleration, decrease, decrement, depletion, depreciation, derogation, detraction, diminution, dip, disparagement, economization, economizing, elision, ellipsis, epitome, extraction, foreshortening, hindrance, impairment, inhibition, injunction, interdict, legal restraint, lessening, low growth rate, monopoly, precis, prohibition, protection, protectionism, protective tariff, pullback, rationing, recap, recapitulation, reduction, reduction of expenses, reduction of spending, rein, remission, restraint, restraint of trade, retardation, retraction, rollback, saving, scraping, scrimping, self-control, shortening, shrinkage, skimping, slowdown, slowing down, sparing, summary, summation, syncope, synopsis, tariff wall, telescoping, thought control, truncation
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
