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- 1. (of an organization or individual) reduce costs or spending in response to economic difficulty: "as a result of the recession the company retrenched" Similar
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The meaning of RETRENCH is cut down, reduce. How to use retrench in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Retrench.
to remove a worker from his or her job as a way of reducing costs: The government is to retrench 30,000 public servants in the next three years. An employee you retrenched may be able to bring an unfair dismissal claim. Fewer examples. North Carolina is not retrenching on its spending on education.
verb (used without object) to economize; reduce expenses: They retrenched by eliminating half of the workers. retrench. / rɪˈtrɛntʃ / verb. to reduce or curtail (costs); economize. tr to shorten, delete, or abridge. tr to protect by a retrenchment.
1. to cut down or reduce (esp. expenses ); curtail. 2. to cut off or out; omit or delete.
to remove a worker from his or her job as a way of reducing costs: The government is to retrench 30,000 public servants in the next three years. An employee you retrenched may be able to bring an unfair dismissal claim. Fewer examples. North Carolina is not retrenching on its spending on education.
Definition of retrench verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. (Banking & Finance) to reduce or curtail (costs); economize. 2. ( tr) to shorten, delete, or abridge. 3. (Fortifications) ( tr) to protect by a retrenchment. [C17: from Old French retrenchier, from re- + trenchier to cut, from Latin truncāre to lop; see trench] reˈtrenchable adj.
