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retrench Verb to reduce expenditure [Old French re- off + trenchier to cut] retrenchment n
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| I know I cannot live as I have done, but I must retrench where I can, and learn to be a better manager. Bute, after the first shock of rage and disappointment, began to accommodate herself as best she could to her altered fortunes and to save and retrench with all her might. Never thinking of anybody but yourself-- why don't you retrench then--scrape up, hoard, economise, eh? |
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