1. Entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defence 
2. The reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable
   - curtailment, downsizing

Derived forms: retrenchments

See also: retrench

Type of: economy, entrenchment, intrenchment, saving

Encyclopedia: Retrenchment

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