According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
RETRENCH
retrench
(verb) make a reduction, as in one’s workforce; “The company had to retrench”
retrench
(verb) tighten one’s belt; use resources carefully
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
retrench (third-person singular simple present retrenches, present participle retrenching, simple past and past participle retrenched)
(transitive) To cut down or reduce.
(transitive, specifically) To terminate the employment of a worker to reduce the size of a workforce; to make redundant.
Synonyms: fire, let go, sack, Thesaurus:lay off
(transitive) To confine; to limit; to restrict.
(transitive, military) To furnish with a retrenchment (a defensive work within a fortification).
(intransitive) To abridge; to curtail.
(intransitive) To take up a new defensive position.
(intransitive) To live less expensively; to economize.
Etymology 2
Verb
retrench (third-person singular simple present retrenches, present participle retrenching, simple past and past participle retrenched)
(transitive) To dig or redig a trench where one already exists.
Anagrams
• trencher
Source: Wiktionary
Re*trench", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retrenched; p. pr. & vb. n. Retrenching.] Etym: [OF. retrenchier, F. retrancher; pref. re- re- + OF. trenchier, F. trancher, to cut. See Trench.]
1. To cut off; to pare away. Thy exuberant parts retrench. Denham.
2. To lessen; to abridge; to curtail; as, to retrench superfluities or expenses. But this thy glory shall be soon retrenched. Milton.
3. To confine; to limit; to restrict. Addison. These figures, ought they then to receive a retrenched interpretation I. Taylor.
4. (Fort.)
Definition: To furnish with a retrenchment; as, to retrench bastions.
Syn.
– To lesen; diminish; curtail; abridge.
Re*trench", v. i.
Definition: To cause or suffer retrenchment; specifically, to cut down living expenses; as, it is more reputable to retrench than to live embarrassed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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