retrenchment
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ɹɪˈtɹentʃ.mənt/
Noun

retrenchment

  1. A reduction or curtailment; often referring to a business or government agency cutting back operations or laying off workers.
    • 2018, The Observer, The Observer view on the budget and the decade of austerity ↗, 28 October :
      Delays with universal credit have compounded the problem, pushing people into rent arrears and putting them at risk of losing their homes. And the retrenchment of services such as mental health and drug rehabilitation means that vulnerable people are more likely to find themselves on the street.
  2. (military, dated) A defensive work#Noun|work construct#Verb|constructed within a fortification to make it more defensible (by allowing defenders to retreat#Verb|retreat into and fight#Verb|fight from it even after the enemy has taken the outer work).
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