Crossword-Solution: RETRENCHMENT
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Retrenchment | n. | The act or process of retrenching; as, the retrenchment of words in a writing. |
| Retrenchment | n. | A work constructed within another, to prolong the defense of the position when the enemy has gained possession of the outer work; or to protect the defenders till they can retreat or obtain terms for a capitulation. |
We have 3 clues for the answer “RETRENCHMENT”
| Clue | Answers |
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| the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable | 1 answer |
| Economy | 24 answers |
| cutback | 28 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings,
whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by
a specific exciting cause and manifested by some sensible effect on the
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A FEELING OF GREAT ELATION
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Sentences with RETRENCHMENT (5)
The plans vary from proposals for (a) quick marketization of the economy; (b) gradual marketization; (c) a period of retrenchment to ensure a stable base for future marketization; and (d) a return to disciplined central planning and allocation.
She had reached a point where abrupt retrenchment was necessary, and the only cheap life was a dull life.
FRIENDS IN NEED IT was an example to me, and I fancy it might be to many others, to see how immediately Miss Matty set about the retrenchment which she knew to be right under her altered circumstances.
But when his reforms led the Emperor to dispense with useless offices, as in his twenty-first, twenty-fourth and twenty-sixth edicts, for the purpose of retrenchment, and to dismiss recalcitrant officials for disobedience to his commands, a howl arose which was heard throughout the empire.
Happily at this time the nation was ready for the acquisition and in good shape financially to pay for it, since the country was prospering, and its finances, thanks to the President's policy of economy and retrenchment, were adequate to assume the burden involved in the purchase.
Quotes with RETRENCHMENT (3)
I have not spent my time studying the problem of "race" — "race" itself is just a restatement and retrenchment of the problem. You see this from time to time when some dullard — usually believing himself white — proposes that the way forward is a grand orgy of black and white, ending only when we are all beige and thus the same "race." But a great number of "black" people already are beige. And the history of civilization is littered with dead "races" (Frankish, Italian, Germ…
Leadership is absolutely vital if there are comparable countries which can affect the security of the world you live in. Between Lincoln and Roosevelt's time, America was protected by huge oceans and, in practice, by the British navy. Today, it's different, and the obsession of the Obama administration has been for retrenchment.
I will not accept a new wave of fiscal retrenchment, of belt-tightening, without asking people at the top to make their contribution, to make an additional contribution. I don't think you can ask people on middle and low incomes, who, after all, are the vast majority of the British population, to bear the brunt of this adjustment.