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noun
- 1. the action or fact of reducing or restricting something: "the curtailment of human rights"
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CURTAILMENT definition: 1. the action of reducing or limiting something, or of stopping something before it is finished…. Learn more.
: the act of curtailing : the state of being curtailed. Examples of curtailment in a Sentence.
CURTAILMENT meaning: 1. the action of reducing or limiting something, or of stopping something before it is finished…. Learn more.
Curtailment definition: the act of cutting something short or cutting it back; reduction. See examples of CURTAILMENT used in a sentence.
You can think of a curtailment as cutting something short, whether it's the curtailment of your bike riding once the temperature drops in the fall, or the curtailment of your driving privileges after you get into a fender-bender.
noun. /kɜːˈteɪlmənt/ /kɜːrˈteɪlmənt/ [uncountable] (formal) the act of limiting something or making it last for a shorter time. the curtailment of civil liberties. Take your English to the next level. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.
The curtailment of something is the act of reducing or limiting it. [formal].... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
to reduce or limit something: The Federal Reserve raised interest rates slightly to curtail inflation. The last government severely curtailed trade union rights. curtailment. noun [ C or U ] They will not willingly accept any curtailment of their civil liberties.
noun. the act of cutting something short or cutting it back; reduction: Constant curtailment of postal service has inconvenienced every citizen.
Define curtailment. curtailment synonyms, curtailment pronunciation, curtailment translation, English dictionary definition of curtailment. tr.v. cur·tailed , cur·tail·ing , cur·tails To cut short or reduce: We curtailed our conversation when other people entered the room. See Synonyms at...
