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to retrench
01
to reduce the expenses of one's company by dismissing a number of employees from their job
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
retrench
3rd person singular
retrenches
Present participle
retrenching
Past simple
retrenched
Past participle
retrenched
Examples
Due to declining sales, the company decided to retrench several employees to reduce operational costs and stay afloat.
02
to reduce spending or conserve resources
Examples
During the recession, families retrenched to stretch their budgets.
Lexical Tree
retrenchment
retrench
trench
