Definitions for curtailment
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
cur•tail*kərˈteɪl(v.t.)
to cut short or cut off a part of; abridge; reduce.
* Syn: See shorten.
Origin of curtail:
1425–75; late ME: to restrict (of royal succession or inheritance), prob. a conflation of MF courtau(l)d (see curtal ) and ME taillen to cut < OF taillier (see tail2)
cur•tail′ment(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
curtailment(noun)
the temporal property of being cut short
suppression, curtailment(noun)
the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation
"a suppression of the newspaper"
retrenchment, curtailment, downsizing(noun)
the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable
Wiktionary
curtailment(Noun)
The act of curtailing
Webster Dictionary
Curtailment(noun)
the act or result of curtailing or cutting off
Translations for curtailment
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- inkortingAfrikaans
- تَقْصـيـرArabic
- съкращениеBulgarian
- encurtamentoPortuguese (BR)
- zkráceníCzech
- die VerkürzungGerman
- afkortning; begrænsningDanish
- περικοπήGreek
- acortamiento, restricciónSpanish
- piiramineEstonian
- مختصر سازیFarsi
- supistaminenFinnish
- raccourcissementFrench
- קִצוּרHebrew
- काट छांटHindi
- skraćenje, ograničenjeCroatian
- megnyirbálásHungarian
- penyingkatanIndonesian
- stytting; minnkunIcelandic
- abbreviazioneItalian
- 短縮Japanese
- 단축Korean
- sutrumpinimas, sumažinimasLithuanian
- samazināšana; saīsinājumsLatvian
- penyingkatanMalay
- bekortingDutch
- avkortning, forkortelseNorwegian
- skróceniePolish
- مختصر سازیPersian
- مختصر جوړولPashto
- encurtamentoPortuguese
- scurtareRomanian
- сокращениеRussian
- skrátenieSlovak
- skrajšanjeSlovenian
- skraćenjeSerbian
- avkortningSwedish
- การย่อThai
- kısaltma, kısa kesmeTurkish
- 縮減，縮短Chinese (Trad.)
- урізування; скороченняUkrainian
- اختصار، كمى، تخفيفUrdu
- sự rút gọnVietnamese
- 截短，减缩Chinese (Simp.)
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