Meaning of CURTAILMENT
| Pronunciation: | | kurt'eylmunt
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- [n] the reduction of expenditures in order to become financial stable
- [n] the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation; "a suppression of the newspaper"
- [n] the temporal property of being cut short
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| | Synonyms: | | downsizing, retrenchment, suppression |
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| | See Also: | | economy, restraint, saving, shortness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cur*tail"ment\ (k?r-t?l"ment), n.
The act or result of curtailing or cutting off. --Bancroft.
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