Meaning & use
Retrenched
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Reduced costs or expenditure, typically by cutting staff, spending, or operations.
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The company retrenched hundreds of employees during the economic downturn.
After losing its biggest client, the firm retrenched sharply to stay afloat.
A note on using this word
Originally a military term meaning to dig a new defensive trench, it later extended to mean cutting costs in business.
Words with a similar meaning
downsizedcut back
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Words with an opposite meaning
expandedgrew
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