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Definition of Retrenchments
1. retrenchment [n] - See also: retrenchment
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retrenchments
Literary usage of Retrenchments
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1886)
"The highest national honor " Public economics, official retrenchments, and wise
finance." are the means which the St. Louis Convention indicates us ..."
2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events (1877)
"Public economies, official retrenchments, and wise finance," are the means which
the St. Louis Convention indicates as provision for reserves and ..."
3. A Text-book of Military Engineering: For the Use of the Cadets of the United by Junius Brutus Wheeler, United States Military Academy (1884)
"Interior retrenchments. — The main work forms a line of defence and is made
continuous. ... Interior retrenchments are the interior works intended to defend ..."
4. The History of British India by James Mill, Horace Hayman Wilson (1858)
"... and elevated it to an eminence CHAPTER II. Sir George Barlow, Governor-General.— State
of the Finances.— retrenchments.— Supplies. ..."
5. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament (1908)
"Copy presented, of Correspondence and Returns as to retrenchments in the Transvaal
and Orange River Colony Public Services, and the South African ..."
6. Mahan's Permanent Fortifications by Dennis Hart Mahan (1887)
"INTERIOR retrenchments. 60. Besides the works exterior to the enceinte, ...
Interior retrenchments in the bastioned system are either placed within the ..."
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