retrenchment, curtailment, downsizing
(noun) the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable
suppression, curtailment
(noun) the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation; “a suppression of the newspaper”
curtailment
(noun) the temporal property of being cut short
Source: WordNet® 3.1
curtailment (plural curtailments)
The act of curtailing
Source: Wiktionary
Cur*tail"ment (kr-tl"ment), n.
Definition: The act or result of curtailing or cutting off. Bancroft.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 January 2025
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
International Coffee Day (September 29) is an occasion to promote and celebrate coffee as a beverage, with events occurring in places across the world. A day to promote fair trade coffee and raise awareness for the coffee growers’ plight. Other countries celebrate this event on October 1.
