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curtailment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | downsizing, retrenchment |
| Type of | economy, saving |
curtailment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | suppression |
| Type of | restraint |
curtailment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | shortness |
| Derivation | curtail |
Examples of curtailment
curtailment
There's no mention of a hospital stay's being grounds for claiming curtailment.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Because of the curtailment of working hours, there is far less economic activity.
From the time.com
In general, the people surveyed tend to believe in what Attari calls curtailment.
From the sciencedaily.com
The curtailment will be finalized at Q1 2012 and mainly before Christmas 2011.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The Parliament Act 1911 forced the Lords to agree to a curtailment of their powers.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Another first is the curtailment of private as well as public construction.
From the chron.com
Government propaganda is also used to justify the curtailment of most foreign assistance.
From the time.com
Over time, the curtailment in trade simply encourages hoarding and discourages production.
From the washingtonpost.com
The base's closing or major curtailment would be a grievous wound to the regional economy.
From the stltoday.com
- The temporal property of being cut short
- Suppression: the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation; "a suppression of the newspaper"
- Retrenchment: the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable
- The act of curtailing
- A reduction in gas deliveries or gas sales necessitated by a shortage of supply.
- A change to a plan that reduces benefits or contributions.
- A payment that reduces the principal balance of a loan.
- A payment that shortens or ends a mortgage, thereby paying off the entire debt.
- A reduction in scheduled capacity or energy delivery
