English noun: curtailment | |||
1. | curtailment (attribute) the temporal property of being cut short | ||
Broader (hypernym) | shortness | ||
2. | curtailment (act) the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation | ||
Samples | A suppression of the newspaper. | ||
Synonyms | suppression | ||
Broader (hypernym) | restraint | ||
3. | curtailment (act) the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable | ||
Synonyms | downsizing, retrenchment | ||
Broader (hypernym) | economy, saving | ||