retrenchment

Phonetic Respelling: [ ri-trench-muhnt ]

Definition:

n. the reduction of costs or spending in response to economic difficulty

Sentence:

He ordered the retrenchment of 420 civil servants.

More example sentences:

He ordered the retrenchment of 420 civil servants.

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Synonyms:

bust; crash; downturn

Antonyms:

success; recovery

How many syllables in retrenchment?

3 syllables Play Syllables Game

Divide retrenchment into syllables:

re-trench-ment

Retrenchment rhymes:

Three Syllable Rhymes
- entrenchment

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