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- 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 diminish spending or costsRetrench means to reduce or diminish spending or costs123. It can refer to actions taken by businesses, governments, or organizations to economize and cut expenses.Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.If governments, companies, etc. retrench, they start spending less money, or reducing costs: The company had to retrench because of falling orders. The Government began to retrench on its nuclear programs. [ T ] Australian English or South African English to remove a worker from his or her job as a way of reducing costs:dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/retre…Definition of retrench verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary retrench verb /rɪˈtrentʃ/ /rɪˈtrentʃ/ Verb Forms [intransitive] (formal) (of a business, government, etc.) to spend less money; to reduce costswww.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/engli…re•trench /rɪˈtrɛntʃ/ v. to reduce or diminish, esp. so as to economize: [~ + object] The university began to retrench its workforce. [no object] As it retrenched, the university found money to keep the people it wanted.www.wordreference.com/definition/retrench
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