retrench

1. (перехідне)To cut down or reduce.

2. To cut down or reduce.

   (конкретно, перехідне)To terminate the employment of a worker to reduce the size of a workforce; to make redundant.

   make a reduction, as in one's workforce

3. (неперехідне, перехідне)To live less expensively; to economize.

4. (перехідне)To confine; to limit; to restrict.

5. (перехідне)To furnish with a retrenchment (a defensive work within a fortification).

   to retrench bastions

6. (неперехідне)To abridge; to curtail.

7. (неперехідне)To take up a new defensive position.

   We must retrench and try to hold on long enough for products in development to reach the market or we will be out of business.

8. (перехідне)To dig or redig a trench where one already exists.

1. Tom and Mary had to prune their household budget when Tom was retrenched from work.

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2. The company lost a lot of corporate memory when it retrenched a number of middle managers.

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