Retrenchment

Retrenchment (French: retrenchment, an old form of retranchement, from retrancher, to cut down, cut short) is an act of cutting down or reduction, particularly of public expenditure.^[1]

^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Retrenchment". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 203.

[EB1911-1] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Retrenchment". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 203.

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