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curtailment

Translations

curtailmentnoun
curtailments
pl
The curtailment of public spending was necessary to balance the budget.
La réduction des dépenses publiques était nécessaire pour équilibrer le budget.
Additional translations
restrictionQuand il s’agit de limiter ou de restreindre quelque chose.
abrègementAu sens d’une version réduite ou abrégée d’un texte ou d’une œuvre.
Synonyms
abbreviation
cutback
diminution
decrease
contraction
limitation
restraint
reduction

Definitions

curtailmentnoun
The action or fact of reducing or restricting something.
The curtailment of public spending was necessary to balance the budget.
A reduced or abridged version of something; the result of having been curtailed.
The screenplay we read was a curtailment of the original novel.
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