RETRENCHMENTS Synonyms

• a principle that limits the extent of something

• the quality of being limited or restricted

• the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed

• (law) a time period after which suits cannot be brought

• an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)

• a fund of money put by as a reserve

• a shortened form of a word or phrase

• shortening something by omitting parts of it

• the state of being physically constrained

• a device that retards something's motion

• the act of constraining; the threat or use of force to control the thoughts or behavior of others

• the temporal property of being cut short

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

• the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable

• a reduction in quantity or rate

• a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket

• an amount or percentage deducted

• something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)

• reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

• the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)

• the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise

• the system of production and distribution and consumption

• the efficient use of resources

• frugality in the expenditure of money or resources

• an act of economizing; reduction in cost

• prudence in avoiding waste

• the act of decreasing or reducing something

• any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent

• the act of reducing complexity

• a state of arrangement or appearance

• a decoration or adornment typically on the edge of a garment

• attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its own orientation

• cutting down to the desired size or shape

• thin and fit

• characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder

• neat and smart in appearance

• severely simple in line or design

• remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size

• decorate, as with ornaments

• cut down on; make a reduction in

• balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces

• be in equilibrium during a flight

• decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods

• cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

• cut closely

• adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used

• change toward something smaller or lower

• the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original)

• the act of decreasing or reducing something

• a change downward

• the temporal property of being cut short

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

• the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable

• the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable