'Curtailment' definitions:
Definition of 'curtailment'
(from WordNet)
noun
The temporal property of being cut short
noun
The act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation; "a suppression of the newspaper" [syn: suppression, curtailment]
noun
The reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable [syn: retrenchment, curtailment, downsizing]
Definition of 'Curtailment'
From: GCIDE
- Curtailment \Cur*tail"ment\ (k?r-t?l"ment), n. The act or result of curtailing or cutting off. --Bancroft. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'curtailment'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbreviation,
- abridgment,
- abstract,
- apocope,
- arrest,
- arrestation,
- astriction,
- astringency,
- attrition,
- bereavement,
- bottleneck,
- cervix,
- check,
- cheeseparing,
- circumscription,
- coarctation,
- compactedness,
- compaction,
- compression,
- compressure,
- concentration,
- condensation,
- consolidation,
- conspectus,
- constraint,
- constriction,
- constringency,
- contraction,
- contracture,
- control,
- cooling,
- cooling down,
- cooling off,
- curb,
- cut,
- cutback,
- cutting,
- deceleration,
- decrease,
- decrement,
- depletion,
- depreciation,
- deprivation,
- deprivement,
- derogation,
- detraction,
- diminuendo,
- diminution,
- dip,
- disburdening,
- disburdenment,
- disentitlement,
- disparagement,
- divestment,
- economization,
- economizing,
- elision,
- ellipsis,
- epitome,
- extraction,
- foreshortening,
- hindrance,
- hourglass,
- hourglass figure,
- impairment,
- inhibition,
- injunction,
- interdict,
- isthmus,
- knitting,
- legal restraint,
- lessening,
- low growth rate,
- monopoly,
- narrow place,
- narrowing,
- neck,
- precis,
- privation,
- prohibition,
- protection,
- protectionism,
- protective tariff,
- puckering,
- pullback,
- pursing,
- rationing,
- recap,
- recapitulation,
- reduction,
- reduction of expenses,
- reduction of spending,
- rein,
- relieving,
- remission,
- restraint,
- restraint of trade,
- retardation,
- retraction,
- retrenchment,
- rollback,
- saving,
- scraping,
- scrimping,
- self-control,
- shortening,
- shrinkage,
- skimping,
- slowdown,
- slowing down,
- solidification,
- sparing,
- stranglement,
- strangulation,
- striction,
- stricture,
- summary,
- summation,
- syncope,
- synopsis,
- systole,
- tariff wall,
- telescoping,
- thought control,
- truncation,
- wasp waist,
- wrinkling