retrench
21retrench — re·trench || rɪ trentʃ v. save, economize; reduce, cut back, curtail; fortify with a retrenchment …
22retrench — verb 1》 reduce costs or spending in response to economic difficulty. ↘Austral. & S. African make (an employee) redundant. 2》 formal reduce in extent or quantity. Derivatives retrenchment noun Origin C16: from obs. Fr. retrencher, var. of… …
23retrench — I. v. a. 1. Curtail, cut, lop, dock, prune, pare, clip, cut short, cut off, lop off. 2. Diminish, lessen, decrease, abridge, curtail. 3. Confine, limit. 4. Deprive of, mutilate. II. v. n. 1. Economize. 2. Encr …
24retrench — verb (I) if a government or organization retrenches, it spends less money retrenchment noun (C, U): a government policy of retrenchment …
25retrench — v 1. reduce, decrease, diminish, subtract, subduct, lessen, shorten, contract, cut, cut down, cut short, cut back, abridge, abbreviate, narrow, shrink, compress, Obs. breviate, dock, crop, clip, shear, trim, prune, pare down, shave, nip; curtail …
26retrench — re·trench …
27retrench — re•trench [[t]rɪˈtrɛntʃ[/t]] v. t. 1) to cut down, reduce, or diminish; curtail (expenses) 2) to cut off or remove 3) to economize; reduce expenses • Etymology: 1600–10; < F retrencher (var., now obs., of retrancher), MF retrenchier=re re… …
28retrench — /rəˈtrɛntʃ / (say ruh trench) verb (t) 1. to cut down, reduce, or diminish; curtail (expenses). 2. to sack or dismiss, as part of an effort to economise. 3. to cut off or remove. 4. Military to protect by a retrenchment. –verb (i) 5. to… …
29retrench — v.t. reduce; economize. ♦ retrenchment, n …
30retrench — v. 1 a tr. reduce the amount of (costs). b intr. cut down expenses; introduce economies. 2 tr. shorten or abridge. Derivatives: retrenchment n. Etymology: obs. F retrencher (as RE , TRENCH) …
