retrenching
present participle ofretrench
retrench
verb
uk/rɪˈtrentʃ/us/rɪˈtrentʃ/[I]formal
Ifgovernments,companies, etc. retrench, theystartspendinglessmoney, orreducingcosts:
Thecompanyhad to retrench because offallingorders.
The Governmentbeganto retrench onitsnuclearprogrammes.
[T]Australian EnglishorSouth African English
toremoveaworkerfrom his or herjobas a way ofreducingcosts:
Thegovernmentis to retrench 30,000publicservantsin the next threeyears.
Anemployeeyou retrenched may beabletobringanunfairdismissalclaim.
- NorthCarolina is not retrenching onitsspendingoneducation.
- Thepresidenthadplannedto take morelavishofficesbut wasforcedto retrenchamidcriticismfromCongressand thepublic.
- In 2011 somepeoplewere retrenched.
- A NewSouthWalescleaningcontractorretrenched anemployeeusing astandardretrenchmentletter.
Economics
- accommodative
- anti-economic
- anti-inflation
- anti-inflationary
- anti-recession
- balance of payments
- Chancellor of the Exchequer
- deflate
- float
- GDP
- go-go
- hyperinflation
- invisible
- monetization
- monetize
- neoliberal
- non-economist
- non-financial
- pecuniary
- protectionism
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Examplesofretrenching
retrenching
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
It is a time not forretrenchingbut for generous, far-seeing statesmanship.
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We would then at some indeterminate point of time be faced with the necessity ofretrenchingagain.
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Many social services departments are experiencing large funding gaps, which means that they areretrenchingmany of the services that they might offer.
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There is the old business ofretrenching, saving and economising in any way.
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It is a pity that throughout the world at the moment everyone isretrenchingon aid to developing countries.
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We are heading for a shortage of milk and aretrenchingagricultural industry.
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I think we can all notice that the life of luxury is extending rather thanretrenching.
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It was driven by householdsretrenchingand building up their savings as boom and bust destroyed confidence.
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How will the selling-off process be a developing process if the private sector that he is relying on is in factretrenchingand not developing?
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Like many other industries, farmers areretrenching.
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The church is nowretrenchingafter its period of high growth and hundreds of units have been decommissioned since 1998.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Economic pressures forced three years ofretrenching.
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