retrenchment
the act of retrenching; a cutting down or off, as by the reduction of expenses.
Fortification. an interior work that cuts off a part of a fortification from the rest, and to which a garrison may retreat.
Origin of retrenchment
1Other words from retrenchment
- non·re·trench·ment, noun
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How to use retrenchment in a sentence
Most observers expect some retrenchment of that rally sooner or later.
The retrenchment comes two weeks after Sur La Table laid off 27 employees, a fifth of its corporate staff, without severance pay.
Pandemic bankruptcies: A running list of retailers that have filed for Chapter 11 | Abha Bhattarai | December 4, 2020 | Washington PostHayati, who previously reported for Malaysian daily Berita Harian and English newspaper New Straits Times, has lost work due to retrenchment and is struggling to maintain her livelihood as a freelancer.
These 10 journalists face additional threats from COVID-19 | lbelanger225 | December 2, 2020 | FortuneThis has led to layoffs, waning of capital investment and a broad industry retrenchment.
Ezra Klein leaves Vox, the website he founded, for New York Times, in a digital media A-list exodus | Paul Farhi, Sarah Ellison | November 20, 2020 | Washington PostThe retrenchment could help to erase debt and free up money to invest in their core businesses.
‘Sleeping giant’: How Google stands to shake up the connected TV platform war | Tim Peterson | October 7, 2020 | Digiday
The Washington Post, after a difficult four-year retrenchment, has tapped Boston Globe Editor Marty Baron to run the newsroom.
New Washington Post Editor Faces 'Tough Choices' | Howard Kurtz | November 13, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Obama era, so far, is all about repair and retrenchment.
Rep. Chris Van Hollen, the committee chairman, quickly denied that any sort of retrenchment was under way.
One might think that this emotional isolationism would bring demands for military retrenchment.
On some issues, such as Afghanistan, the retrenchment Republicans sound like the left wing of the Democratic Party.
But any sensible plan of retrenchment in their household expenses had never been evolved in her mind.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. MorrisonIn 1897 a heavy cut in our appropriations made it necessary to consider every possible method of retrenchment.
Silver Chimes in Syria | W. S. NelsonThe cry for 'retrenchment' was joined to the cry for reform.
The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) | Leslie StephenCobden's policy of peace and retrenchment, however, became more and more unpopular.
The World's Greatest Books, Vol X | VariousThe Society has had its periods of stagnation and disappointment; at times its directors have felt driven to retrenchment.
The Quiver 3/1900 | Anonymous
British Dictionary definitions for retrenchment
/ (rɪˈtrɛntʃmənt) /
the act of reducing expenditure in order to improve financial stability
an extra interior fortification to reinforce outer walls
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