- verbretrench (verb) · retrenches (third person present) · retrenched (past tense) · retrenched (past participle) · retrenching (present participle)
- (of a company, government, or individual) reduce costs or spending in response to economic difficulty:"as a result of the recession the company retrenched" · "if people are forced to retrench their expenditure trade will suffer"
- formalreduce or diminish (something) in extent or quantity:"withering household incomes have caused families to retrench their spending"
Originlate 16th century (in the now formal usage): from obsolete French retrencher, variant of retrancher, from re- (expressing reversal) + trancher ‘to cut, slice’.Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- (of a company, government, or individual) reduce costs or spending in response to economic difficulty:
- reduce or diminish (something) in extent or quantity:
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- Reduce or curtail costsLearn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.to remove a worker from his or her job as a way of reducing costs: The government is to retrench 30,000 public servants in the next three years. An employee you retrenched may be able to bring an unfair dismissal claim.dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/retrencha : cut down, reduce b : to cut out : excise 2 : to pare away : remove intransitive verb : to make retrenchmentswww.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retrenchretrench / (rɪˈtrɛntʃ) / verb to reduce or curtail (costs); economize (tr) to shorten, delete, or abridge (tr) to protect by a retrenchmentwww.dictionary.com/browse/retrenchverb /rɪˈtrentʃ/ /rɪˈtrentʃ/ Verb Forms [intransitive] (formal) (of a business, government, etc.) to spend less money; to reduce costs The Board of Directors realized the need to retrench in the face of falling demand.www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/e…
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