re trench
verb (used with object)
1.
to cut down, reduce, or diminish; curtail (expenses).
2.
to cut off or remove.
3.
Military. to protect by a retrenchment.
verb (used without object)
4.
to economize; reduce expenses: They retrenched by eliminating half of the workers.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to reduce or curtail (costs); economize |
| 2. | (tr) to shorten, delete, or abridge |
| 3. | (tr) to protect by a retrenchment |
| [C17: from Old French retrenchier, from | |
| re'trenchable | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
retrench
1598, "dig a new trench as a second line of defense," from Fr. retrencher "to cut off," from re- "back" + O.Fr. trenchier "to cut." Sense of "cut down, reduce (expenses, etc.)" is from 1625.
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