curtailment

American  

[ker-teyl-muhnt] / kərˈteɪl mənt /

noun

1. the act of cutting something short or cutting it back; reduction.

   Constant curtailment of postal service has inconvenienced every citizen.

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Other Word Forms

• noncurtailment noun

Etymology

Origin of curtailment

curtail + -ment ( def. )

Example Sentences

The economy has been remarkably resilient in the past year in the face of weak sentiment, tariffs, an uncertain business environment, a sharp curtailment of immigration and a prolonged government shutdown.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

China’s solar curtailment hit 6.6% in the first half of 2025, up from 3.9% the year before.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026

He said Johnson's style of decision-making "may not be to everyone's taste" but added he was "wrestling with an enormously difficult question about the curtailment of liberty and the maintenance of access to healthcare".

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

Constellation thinks it can broker about one nuclear reactor worth of curtailment deals by December.

From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025

Himself incapable of strenuous effort, he was spurred on by Marie Antoinette, who keenly felt her own degradation and the curtailment of that royal prerogative which her son would one day inherit.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various