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retrench - Dictionary definition and meaning for retrench

RETRENCH

  • (verb) make a reduction, as in one's workforce

    "The company had to retrench"

  • (verb) tighten one's belt; use resources carefully

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Mnemonics for retrench

  • (Tag: ) Consider the word in bracket only: re(trench) .. relate trench with bench. Tag: IT companies are removing all the employees on BENCH to CUT DOWN OR ECONOMIZE the company costs.

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  • (Tag: ) RE(again and again)+TRENCH(to dig)....when you are trenching again and again, you are reducing the amount(of earth)....

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  • (Tag: ) RETRENCH = RETRO+CINCH. RETRO = BACK, CINCH = TIGHTEN. Retrench means to tighten back.

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  • (Tag: ) Trench means to "cut deeply into or impinge".
    Retrench is a related word. It has nothing to do with "re".

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  • (Tag: Bablu,MATH,FH 208, DU) Retrench sounds like Return money,so economize

    added by amayet_math_du    editEdit Mnemonic

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