retrenchment
A curtailment or reductionA curtailment or reduction.
» Rugged and ascending with short abrupt turns this road was blocked at every uncovered point with abbattis and small retrenchments.
Meaning
6 senses(countable, uncountable)A curtailment or reduction.
сокраще́ниеsokraščénije
A curtailment or reduction.
(countable, specifically, uncountable)An act of reducing expenses; economizing.
(countable, specifically, uncountable)An act of terminating the employment of a worker or making an employee redundant, often to reduce expenses; a layoff.
(broadly, countable, uncountable)Withdrawal.
(dated)A defensive work constructed within a fortification to make it more defensible by allowing defenders to retreat into and fight from it even after the enemy has taken the outer work.
(countable, especially, uncountable)The adoption of a defensive and hostile posture; refusal to compromise, radicalization.
- the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable
- entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense
Examples
1 sentencesRugged and ascending with short abrupt turns this road was blocked at every uncovered point with abbattis and small retrenchments.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Probably partly from both of the following: Probably either from: Internal formation froProbably partly from both of the following:
Probably either from:
Internal formation from retrench (“take up a defensive position”) + -ment, possibly reinforced by misinterpretation of Etymology 1.
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Forms
plural: retrenchments| Singular | retrenchment |
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Synonyms
6 synonyms- the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable:curtailmentdownsizing
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable