curtailing

Meanings

• Verb

  The act of cutting something short or reducing it in length, scope, or duration.

  - "The company had to curtail production due to a lack of raw materials."
  - "The government was forced to curtail its military spending."

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Synonyms

crop , dock , behedge , control , limit , restrain , abbreviate , shorten

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Variants

List of all variants of curtailing that leads to same result
curtail , curtailed , curtailer , curtailers , curtailing , curtails

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Etymology

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From Old French courtailler, meaning 'to shorten' or 'to curtail'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'curtailment' is often used interchangeably with 'curtailing'.

2. The verb 'curtail' comes from the Old French word 'courtailler', which means 'to shorten' or 'to curtail'.

3. Curtailing can also refer to the act of limiting or controlling something, such as curtailing one's emotions.

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Related Concepts

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1. Austerity measures: Economic policies aimed at reducing public spending and debt.

2. Retrenchment: The act of withdrawing support or resources from an activity or organization.

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Culture

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Curtailing is often used in financial contexts to refer to reducing expenses or debt. It can also be used metaphorically to describe limiting one's actions or behavior.

How to Memorize "curtailing"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a pair of scissors cutting a long piece of fabric into a shorter length.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the idea of reducing or shortening.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Remember the word 'curtailing' as 'cutting tail'.

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