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Definition of Retrenchment
1. Noun. Entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense.
2. Noun. The reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable.
Generic synonyms: Economy, Saving
Derivative terms: Retrench, Retrench
Definition of Retrenchment
1. n. The act or process of retrenching; as, the retrenchment of words in a writing.
Definition of Retrenchment
1. Noun. A defensive entrenchment consisting of a trench and parapet. ¹
2. Noun. A reduction or curtailment; often referring to a business or government agency cutting back operations or laying off workers. ¹
3. Noun. (military dated) A defensive work constructed within another, to prolong the defense of the position when the enemy has gained possession of the outer work; or to protect the defenders till they can retreat or obtain terms for a capitulation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Retrenchment
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Retrenchment
1. The cutting away of superfluous tissue. Origin: F. Re-, back, + trancher, to cut (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retrenchment
Literary usage of Retrenchment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On Financial Reform by Henry Parnell (1831)
"retrenchment. IN the following pages the public expenditure will be examined in
detail, in order to point out where retrenchment may be introduced; ..."
2. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"V. finance—Mr. Hume's Labours 1o effect retrenchment—His Motions ... Duty repealed—The
Budget—Mr. Hume's Motion for an Address recommending retrenchment. ..."
3. Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: From Gales and by United States Congress, Thomas Hart Benton (1859)
"The retrenchment Report. Mr. HAMILTON, from the Committee on retrenchment, laid
on the table of the House a mass of documents, which had accumulated in the ..."
4. Republican Campaign Text Book for by Republican Congressional Committee (1882)
"retrenchment and Reform and Redaction and Purification of the Patronage. ...
In the House, as in the Senate, the cries of " retrenchment and Reform," ..."
5. The History of Harvard University by Josiah Quincy (1840)
"Proceedings of the Corporation relative to retrenchment. CHAPTER XXXVI.
Proceedings relative to retrenchment—Examination into Expenditures. ..."
6. A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer: Comprising Ancient and Modern Military by Thomas Wilhelm (1881)
"retrenchment. In fortification, is a defensive work, comprising at least ditch and
... The retrenchment bears a considerable resemblance to the réduit, ..."
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