noun · rare

curtailment

curtailment · curtailments

Beschneidung, Verkürzung, Abkürzung, Kürzung

The act of curtailingThe act of curtailing.

UK/kɜːˈteɪlmənt/US/kɚˈteɪlmənt/

Meaning

1 senses

More definitions

the temporal property of being cut short
the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable
the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation

1 languages

Deutsch

By meaning 1

act of curtailing:

plural: curtailments

Singular	curtailment
Plural	curtailments

regular

3 synonyms

Close in meaning

the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable:retrenchment downsizing
the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation:suppression

2 related words