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retrench
retrench /rɪˈtrentʃ/ verb ↑Verb Endings for retrench
1 F0 [I] FORMAL If governments, companies, etc. retrench, they start spending less money, or reducing costs: » The company had to retrench because of falling orders.Thesaurus+: ↑Economics and the state of the economy2 F0 [T] AUSTRALIAN ENGLISH to remove a worker from their job as a means of reducing costs Thesaurus+: ↑Firing staff and being fired |