Definitions
make a reduction, as in one's workforce
Word origin
From re- + trench.
Used in a sentence
“Madam me no Madam, but learn to retrench your vvords; and ſay Mam; as yes Mam, and no Mam, as other Ladies VVomen do. Madam! 'tis a year in pronouncing.”
“And it would signal to a wider world that Britain is retrenching and not developing its infrastructure to enable growth.”
“to retrench bastions”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Cut back costs”8 letters
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