retrench[verb]Synonyms: cut back, economize, make economies, save, tighten one's belt
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re‧trench /rɪˈtrentʃ/
verb [intransitive] formal[
Date: 1500-1600;
Origin: Early French retrencher, from Old French trenchier 'to cut']
if a government or organization retrenches, it spends less money
Synonym : economize—retrenchment noun [uncountable and countable]:
a government policy of retrenchment [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲