Defense planners predict an extended period of retrenchment.
...a need for industrial retrenchment and restructuring.
Synonyms: cutback, cuts, economy, reduction More Synonyms of retrenchment
retrenchment in British English
(rɪˈtrɛntʃmənt)
noun
1.
the act of reducing expenditure in order to improve financial stability
2.
an extra interior fortification to reinforce outer walls
retrenchment in American English
(riˈtrɛntʃmənt)
noun
1.
a retrenching; esp., a reduction of expenses
2.
a rampart or breastwork within the main fortification
Word origin
MFr
Examples of 'retrenchment' in a sentence
retrenchment
Economic retrenchment is certainly necessary for countries that have lived beyond their means.
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None of the parties disputes the need for fiscal retrenchment.
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Labour has argued that the fiscal retrenchment is choking off the recovery.
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In a time of retrenchment defence cuts are inevitable.
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One is that the country will look at the fiscal retrenchment ahead and decide instead to default on its debt.
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The coalition government took office amid economic crisis and the armed forces are no exception to the need for financial retrenchment.
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The Government has a strong case for fiscal retrenchment.
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Nor could the president give a convincing answer to the obvious question of how the reforms will be paid for at a time of economic retrenchment.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The halfway report argued that the Government has put in place a bold programme for reform underpinned by ambitious targets for financial retrenchment.
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The outlook remains grim, not least because the fiscal retrenchment has barely begun on the other side of the Atlantic.
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Capitalism, in the form of greedy and reckless banking, has certainly contributed to the present need for public retrenchment and unwelcome cuts.
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These cuts will entail serious retrenchment in Europe's farming sector and they are at the limit of what is socially tolerable and economically possible.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
(noun)
a need for economic retrenchment
Synonyms
cutback
A 200-person cutback in staff was announced.
cuts
economy
They have achieved quite remarkable effects with great economy of means.
reduction
a new strategic arms reduction agreement
pruning
contraction
cost-cutting
rundown
curtailment
He supports the curtailment of military spending.
tightening your belt
Opposites
investment
,
expansion
Additional synonyms
in the sense of curtailment
He supports the curtailment of military spending.
Synonyms
cutting,
reduction,
docking,
lessening,
cutback,
cutting short,
retrenchment
in the sense of economy
Definition
careful use of money or resources to save expense, time, or energy
They have achieved quite remarkable effects with great economy of means.