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Retrenchment
rɪˈtrɛn(t)ʃm(ə)nt
Retrenchment definitions
noun
retrenchment
retrenchments
- the reduction of costs or spending in response to economic difficulty
"this period of retrenchment will see companies shed staff"
- the action of making an employee redundant
"he ordered the retrenchment of 420 civil servants"
- reduction in the extent or quantity of something
"the retrenchment of the welfare state"