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curtailment

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: curtailment

1
 n
the temporal property of being cut short
2
 n
the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable
3
 n
the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: curtailment
1

n the temporal property of being cut short

Type of:
shortness
the property of being of short temporal extent
2

n the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable

Synonyms:
downsizing, retrenchment
Type of:
economy, saving
an act of economizing; reduction in cost
3

n the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation

Synonyms:
suppression
Type of:
restraint
the act of controlling by restraining someone or something
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