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retrenchment

/rɪˈtrentʃmənt/noun

उच्चारण रिट्रेन्च्मन्ट

छँटनी; ख़र्च में कटौती

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    [U, C] formal

    the process of spending less money; the act of reducing the number of workers

    छँटनी; ख़र्च में कटौती

    • retrenchment of staff
    • The company announced retrenchment after two years of heavy losses.
    • The factory announced retrenchment of nearly two hundred workers.
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    • Government retrenchment led to cuts in several departments.
    • Years of retrenchment left the school short of books.

    Synonyms cutback economy reduction layoff downsizing

    Opposite expansion increase recruitment hiring

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re·trench·ment

With -trench-.

-trench- के साथ।

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Keep the cut-jobs words together: retrenchment, layoff (stopping workers' jobs because there is not enough work), downsizing (reducing the number of employees), redundancy (British, losing your job because it is no longer needed), retrenchment compensation.

नौकरी काटने के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: retrenchment, layoff (काम कम होने से नौकरी समाप्त करना), downsizing (कर्मचारियों की संख्या घटाना), redundancy (British, नौकरी अनावश्यक होने से खोना), retrenchment compensation।

Keep the cut-spending words: retrenchment, austerity, economy.

खर्च घटाने के शब्द याद रखिए: retrenchment, austerity (मितव्ययिता), economy।